10.5 and $PATH variable

[Matrix Mole]

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I just obtained a new mac mini today with Leopard installed on it. Since
this is my first experience with 10.5, I'm still learning some things.
One of the first things I did though was to install macports. After the
installation, I noticed that the .profile file wasn't modified to
include /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/sbin like my 10.4 version was. At
least, I think I installed the 10.4 version from the dmg image.

Anyway, after doing a little looking around on the file system and
reading the startup files, I discovered two things. First, there is no
default .bash_profile, .bashrc, or .profile in the users startup
directory. No problem there, just left up as an experience for the user
to perform if they need to customize their environment beyond the
default. Secndly, I learned that Leopard has /etc/paths and
/etc/manpaths files that are used during login to set the default paths
and manpaths. By adding /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/sbin to /etc/paths
and putting /opt/local/man into the man path, I can guarantee that these
are added to the path for any user on the system.

This is actually a pretty cool idea, and it prompted the reason for my
email. Could it be possible to modify the port install scripts to add
it's paths to those two files on 10.5? Those files don't exist nor are
used on 10.4 as I already checked, so the 10.4 install scripts wouldn't
need modified.

Just wondering, and not even sure if this has already come up and been
discussed to death. Since I just got Leopard, I hadn't been reading
anything related to that version up till now.

Matrix Mole
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