[MacPorts] #29708: set PATH globally in /etc/launchd.conf (was: macports does not properly change PATH environment on installation)

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Sun Jun 5 19:57:17 PDT 2011


#29708: set PATH globally in /etc/launchd.conf
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  Reporter:  sorin.sbarnea@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  base                     |     Version:                                       
Resolution:  wontfix                  |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:                           |  
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Changes (by jmr@…):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix
  * version:  1.9.2 =>
  * type:  defect => enhancement


Comment:

 Changing the environment for all apps is a really bad idea. Anything that
 assumes that the commands it runs are the Apple-supplied versions will
 break when the MacPorts ones behave differently. GUI apps shouldn't rely
 on PATH having a particular value anyway.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/29708#comment:3>
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