[MacPorts] #15104: Setting Path Variables in Leopard

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#15104: Setting Path Variables in Leopard
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  Reporter:  autumn.ahlers at gmail.com  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
      Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  ports                    |     Version:  1.6.0                                
Resolution:  wontfix                  |    Keywords:                                       
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Changes (by raimue at macports.org):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix

Comment:

 No, this doesn't work right. We already evaluated /etc/path.d and
 /etc/manpath.d in trunk. Paths added in /etc/path.d are always appended
 *at the end* the current PATH. But usually you want stuff installed by
 MacPorts to 'hide' the system's default versions. Also, we don't want to
 add MacPorts system wide by default, but on a per-user basis.

 Exporting PATH in `.profile` will always work and it is definitely not
 temporarily. Note that you maybe have a `.bash_profile` which takes
 precedence over `.profile`. See also
 http://guide.macports.org/#installing.shell

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