Activity log for bug #1764355

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2018-04-16 09:36:39 azmo bug added bug
2018-04-16 09:38:28 azmo description Ubuntu Version: 18.04 gnome-session-common Version: 3.28.1-0ubuntu1 What's expected to happen: $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS is the same on every login What happens instead: $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS gets expanded on every login It seems that $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS gets expanded by two entries on every login. On first login it looks like this: /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg On second login it gets expanded by the same two entries in front: /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg On third login, two more entries get added: /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg At this point Visual Studio Code, which lead me to this, no longer starts and just throw a Segementation fault/Core Dump. I suspect this behaviour is triggered by /etc/profile.d/xdg_dirs_desktop_session.sh adding more stuff to XDG_CONFIG_DIRS on every login. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-session-common 3.28.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-15.16-generic 4.15.15 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Apr 16 11:30:09 2018 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-15 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Beta amd64 (20180404) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) Ubuntu Version: 18.04 gnome-session-common Version: 3.28.1-0ubuntu1 What's expected to happen: $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS is the same on every login What happens instead: $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS gets expanded on every login It seems that $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS gets expanded by two entries on every login. On first login it looks like this: /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg On second login it gets expanded by the same two entries in front: /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg On third login, two more entries get added: /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg At this point Visual Studio Code, which lead me to this, no longer starts and just throw a Segmentation fault/Core Dump. I suspect this behaviour is triggered by /etc/profile.d/xdg_dirs_desktop_session.sh adding more stuff to $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS on every login. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-session-common 3.28.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-15.16-generic 4.15.15 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Apr 16 11:30:09 2018 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-15 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Beta amd64 (20180404) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
2018-04-16 16:32:24 Launchpad Janitor gnome-session (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2018-04-16 16:33:19 Tony Arnold bug added subscriber Tony Arnold
2018-04-19 13:35:36 Didier Roche-Tolomelli summary XDG_CONFIG_DIRS keeps getting expanded every login Visual Studio Code, Slack and other electrons apps crash due to XDG_CONFIG_DIRS keeps getting expanded every login
2018-04-19 14:06:19 Didier Roche-Tolomelli bug task added xorg (Ubuntu)
2018-04-19 14:44:19 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-session/ubuntu
2018-04-20 00:48:14 Launchpad Janitor gnome-session (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Fix Released
2018-04-20 04:48:45 Launchpad Janitor xorg (Ubuntu): status New Fix Released