Public bug reported: When setting ZSH as the default shell, /etc/profile is never sourced (because ZSH instead sources its own /etc/zsh/zprofile). That's problematic, because /etc/profile (and the files in /etc/profile.d) are responsible for a bunch of important stuff. For example:
/etc/profile.d/apps-bin-path.sh adds /var/lib/snapd/desktop to XDG_DATA_DIRS. Setting the default shell to ZSH means that desktop environments suddenly can't launch snap packages. /etc/profile.d/input-method-config.sh works around https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1720250, so setting the default shell to ZSH un-fixes that bug. Arch Linux's zsh package has `emulate sh -c 'source /etc/profile'` in /etc/zsh/zprofile. Either Ubuntu's zsh package should do the same (or something similar), or Ubuntu must put important environment variable stuff somewhere else and have only bash-specific stuff in /etc/profile and /etc/profile.d. ** Affects: zsh (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800280 Title: Setting ZSH as the default shell causes various issues because it doesn't source /etc/profile To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsh/+bug/1800280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
