[MacPorts] #21625: .bash_profile $PATH handled incorrectly

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#21625: .bash_profile $PATH handled incorrectly
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 Reporter:  curtis_ovid_poe@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                     |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                     |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                       |     Version:  1.8.0                                
 Keywords:                             |        Port:                                       
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Comment(by curtis_ovid_poe@…):

 Replying to [comment:3 blb@…]:
 > Replying to [ticket:21625 curtis_ovid_poe@…]:
 > > There were two problems with this.  First, I already had
 /opt/local/bin in my path, so now it's there twice.
 >
 > Where are you currently setting this?  The installer should be checking
 PATH and only updating your dotfiles when it doesn't see MacPorts' paths.

 This was set in my .bash_profile.  I had to set in manually because when I
 first started using Mac Ports (a couple of years ago), I was still not
 getting those ports first in my path.  I later installed Snow Leopard, I
 had a number of corruption issues and had to reistall Mac Ports.
 Regrettably, I was fixing so many issues that I can't tell you the steps
 to recreate this.

 > >  * If I have $HOME/bin first in my path, it's because I want $HOME/bin
 first in my path.  Please leave it there :)
 >
 > Note that the initial install will put it first on PATH (when MacPorts'
 paths aren't already there) and is doing that quite on purpose.

 The implication is that somehow the $PATH got wiped out during my upgrade
 and the /opt/local/bin wasn't in my path when Mac Ports was reinstalled.
 I don't know how this could have happened, but it sounds like you are
 doing the right thing (so long as my $PATH is correct).

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21625#comment:4>
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