Added support in MacPorts base to set PATH and MANPATH automatically in Leopard

Kirk Kelsey kirk.kelsey at 0x4b.net
Thu Nov 29 13:27:41 PST 2007


On Nov 29, 2007, at 2:43 PM, James Berry wrote:
> I think it's a question for the group in general: which is the best  
> approach? The range of choices we have is basically to pick from the  
> following menu:
>
> 	- Install a file into /etc/manpaths.d/
> 	- Install a file into /etc/paths.d/
> 	- Munge ~/.profile to munge MANPATH
> 	- Munge ~/.profile to munge PATH


was
	- Munge /etc/[man]paths

ruled out? It has the advantage of letting us put /opt/local/{bin,man}  
in the [MAN]PATH where we want it and being much easier to work with  
than shell rc/profile files.


Kirk


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