On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 07:03:07AM +0200, Brieuc Desoutter wrote: > TL/DR: On Trixie with Gnome, right after login with… > - default .profile -> ~/bin and ~/.local/bin in PATH > - .profile as a symlink to the default .profile located in different > directory -> no ~/bin or ~/.local/bin in PATH > > Why? > > > Hi, > > I am running Trixie with Gnome and I am trying to manage my config and dot > files with GNU stow. So I have Setup/ repo (my stow directory) with a > shell/ package directory which contains my .bashrc and my .profile files. > The .profile is the same as in /etc/skel (default one). > > When I stow the shell package in my $HOME, it creates a symlink ~/.profile > pointing to $HOME/Setup/shell/.profile. > > The issue is that when I logout and log back in, my PATH does not contain > $HOME/bin and $HOME/.local/bin as it should. > > It is as if the symlinked .profile wasn’t sourced. > > default .profile file in ~ ~/bin and ~/.local/bin in PATH. > .profile as a symlink to origin > Question: is it by design? Eg only source a regular file .profile at login > (not symlink)
Hi, I couldn't understand from your mail: if you set up .profile as a regular file in your $HOME everything works as expected? I'd first double-check that, but perhaps I misread you. Then I'd look into whether the login shell can read your Stow location. Perhaps by starting a login shell with strace. Cheers -- t
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