Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!dgharriss
From: dgharriss@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dermot G. Harriss)
Newsgroups: uw.mfcf.software
Subject: fun & games: arconn .login recursion
Message-ID: <29361@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: 25 Sep 89 00:03:02 GMT
Reply-To: dgharriss@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dermot G. Harriss)
Distribution: uw
Organization: Math Faculty Computing Facility, University of Waterloo
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.login was execing xinit -ls which forked xterm which sourced .login which
exec'd xinit -ls which forked xterm which sourced .login which exec'd
xterm -ls which forked xterm which sourced ...
this had a negative effect on performance, caused unusual graphical
effects, and generally made the station difficult to use productively.
Termination condition was checked but never set.
Fixed (I think) but not tested 'cause games is locked in arconn's office.