Exporting 'd' seems like a weird thing to do? In any case im-config could probably use a more specific variable name to avoid conflicts...
** Changed in: im-config (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: im-config (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to im-config in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1877627 Title: /etc/default/im-config leaves temporary variables fixed in environment Status in im-config package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 18.04 im-config 0.34-1ubuntu1.3 You can reproduce the issue following these steps: - Open a X terminal - echo $d - Returns "GNOME" The source is this line in /etc/default/im-config: for d in 'Unity' 'MATE' 'GNOME'; do the temporary variable d gets fixed in the environment variables. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/im-config/+bug/1877627/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp