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sgi 8.0F: $initdir/cshrc runs appdefpath even when $DISPLAY is not set

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce R. Lewis)
Wed Sep 11 10:04:47 1996

To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 10:04:42 EDT
From: "Bruce R. Lewis" <brlewis@MIT.EDU>

System name:		kindness
Type and version:	IP22 8.0F
Display type:		NG1

What were you trying to do?
	tty login to an sgi

What's wrong:
	appdefpath complains it can't open display ''

What should have happened:
	Good question, because the user might set DISPLAY later in the
session.  I'll let you figure it out.

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