[GRASS-dev] hardcoded 'xterm': wrapper?

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> > Also, the LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GRASS_LD_LIBRARY_PATH in
> > grass-xterm-wrapper is unnecessary.
> 
> OK, removed.
> But I thought that it would address above mentioned setuid/setgid issue:
> http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass5/2004-September/015409.html

No, it has to be done by the command which xterm runs. Setting it
prior to running xterm won't have any effect, as it's the act of
running a setuid/setgid executable (e.g. xterm) which clears
LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>