For the sed/eval round we can always escape the special characters beforehand, there should be some function for that.
But I agree with your conclusion. Warning or message is a good enough solution, even though I would like to see some hand-holding. I agree it just isn't worth the effort and the only "nice" way (I can think) of doing this is to extend dash with such functionality. ** Summary changed: - Error in ~/.profile halts the X startup + Error message for a faulty ~/.profile script -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/678421 Title: Error message for a faulty ~/.profile script To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/678421/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
