Hi,
A few weeks ago I already submitted a post about difficulties with
my $PATH variable. It wasn't solved at that time but then I got
overloaded with work and couldn't spend more efforts on it.
But the problem is still there and now I want to solve it once and
for all. This is what happens:
- when "test -r /sw/bin/init.sh && . /sw/bin/init.sh" is left out
from my .bash_profile:
- (1) when xterm is invoked without -ls, .bash_profile is not
executed and $PATH does not contain the fink paths
- (2) when invoked with -ls, .bash_profile is executed
but $PATH does not contain the fink paths
This is all logical
- with "test -r /sw/bin/init.sh && . /sw/bin/init.sh" in
.bash_profile:
- (3) invoking xterm without -ls: the path is correct
(/sw/bin:/sw/sbin in front). This means that somehow
.bash_profile is executed in the course of the events, even
if it shouldn't since I explicitly don't want a login shell.
How can that happen? But although the path is correct, other
commands such as defining aliases in .bash_profile are not
executed or they are executed in some context where they loose
their effect. When I manually enter . .bash_profile at the
command prompt in this setup, the path remains correct and
all other stuff in .bash_profile does what it needs to do.
- (4) invoking xterm with -ls: now my aliases are set correctly
but the path is messed up: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:
/usr/local/bin: /usr/texbin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:
/usr/X11R6/bin
This is not how it should be since /sw/bin:/sw/sbin needs to
be in front.
I need (4) to work correctly. I also did some tests with rxvt and it
shows the same behaviour as xterm. Currently I use (3) and I manually
enter . .bash_profile every time (or I get it from the shell history,
saving some typing). But this is a pain. In Terminal everything is
correct.
Any ideas?
On a side note: what's the use of fink's own xinitrc? There are no
details in the package or on fink's website. Apparently it got
installed on my system through some dependencies because I never
explicitly installed it. Could it be causing the problems that I see?
Thanks in advance
Patrick
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