[MacPorts] #20524: base-1.7.1 Neater PATH change process for Postflight

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#20524: base-1.7.1 Neater PATH change process for Postflight
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  Reporter:  alex@…              |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:  MacPorts Future                      
 Component:  base                |     Version:  1.7.1                                
Resolution:  wontfix             |    Keywords:  PATH profile postflight              
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Comment(by alex@…):

 Fair enough, it was just an idea. I've just checked my system out and even
 though I've ensured that the MacPorts paths are at the beginning of the
 /etc/paths file, they're still not first in the $PATH variable even though
 the path_helper script ought to process them in order, so you're right,
 it'd need more tweaking and perhaps be just as much work as the current
 method.

 Interestingly, though my /etc/paths file contains the two MacPorts paths
 *first*, then the defaults, then /usr/local/bin (it looks like this):

 /opt/local/bin
 /opt/local/sbin
 /usr/bin
 /bin
 /usr/sbin
 /sbin
 /usr/local/bin

 - the process output from /usr/libexec/path_helper -c is:

 setenv PATH
 "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin";
 setenv MANPATH
 "/opt/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/X11/man";

 which is weird since I've put the MacPorts paths first, but it's skipped
 those, put the default paths in first, then the MacPorts paths, and then
 the /usr/local/bin at the end - before it started processing anything in
 the /etc/paths.d folder.

 I'll see if I can work out how this is working, as it's not immediately
 clear from the path_helper script.


 Thanks for the quick response and consideration though.

 Best regards,
 Alex

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