Path Out of Control

[Christopher Stone]

Hey Folks,

I was having a discussion about paths with someone and looked at mine because of it.

What I found was a bit surprising; there are several duplications — and it appears to my inexpert eye that MacPorts is the culprit.

From ~/.profile:

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

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# Your previous /Users/chris/.profile file was backed up as /Users/chris/.profile.macports-saved_2012-05-15_at_14:27:56
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# MacPorts Installer addition on 2012-05-15_at_14:27:56: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.


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# Your previous /Users/chris/.profile file was backed up as /Users/chris/.profile.macports-saved_2012-08-06_at_09:41:10
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# MacPorts Installer addition on 2012-08-06_at_09:41:10: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.

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I'm assuming I can safely delete one of these entries.

Could this have been done by the 2.0 beta and then the 2.0 release versions?

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Best Regards,
Chris