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

[James Berry]

Hi Kirk,

On Nov 29, 2007, at 5:12 PM, Kirk Kelsey wrote:

> On Nov 29, 2007, at 7:43 PM, James Berry wrote:
>>
>> The /etc/[man]paths.d/macports approach is equivalent, and cleaner  
>> than hitting the /etc/[man]paths files. read path_helper(8).
>>
>> James
>
> Equivalent in that they are both used by path_helper, but not in  
> terms of how. /etc/paths is processed before /etc/paths.d/macports  
> and would allow for /opt/local to be placed earlier in the  
> environment variable.

Right ;) I considered that just after I sent my previous mail.

James

>
>
> If the concern is just to get port-installed software to be  
> accessible with minimal fuss, then I'd agree that a /etc/paths.d/ 
> macports file is a great option, but being able to override the  
> default software seems like a really big plus.
>
> Kirk