#24105 closed enhancement (wontfix)
ER: MacPorts should install a file into /etc/paths.d
| Reported by: | sethk@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | base | Version: | 1.8.2 |
| Keywords: | shell, path, environment | Cc: | |
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Description
Doesn't it seem sensible that MacPorts should use the path_helper mechanism and install a file into /etc/paths.d, the contents of which could be something like:
/opt/local/bin /opt/local/sbin
This seems much less invasive than modifying the user's shell startup files in their home directory (which also only works for the user that installed MacPorts).
Change History (2)
comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
| Component: | ports → base |
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This was already tried back in the 1.7 development cycle (r31491), but there were problems (you can't add directories to the start of the PATH this way for one), so it was dropped (r44261).