David, do you perhaps have the Fink "source /sw/bin/init.sh" startup
command in your ~/.bashrc script? This non-standard placement would
explain that you get the Fink PATH components when you run "screen
$SHELL", because then you would get them in any shell, regardless of the
environment it runs in.
The most common problem I've had with PATH getting clobbered has involved
system profile/startup scripts clobbering PATH, and the shell happening to
trigger this.
Look also at /usr/libexec/path_helper.
Thanks for guessing, but none of these explains the behavior I am
seeing. The path_helper script would additionally place /usr/local/bin
and /usr/X11/bin on the PATH, which I am not getting.
I also put tracers in all the shell startup scripts, and I see that the
only ones that are executed are /etc/csh.cshrc and ~/.tcshrc (I have
tcsh as login shell). In none of these scripts there is anything
influencing PATH. I am setting my PATH in scripts run from
/etc/csh.login. I even created a new account with bash as login shell,
and I am seeing the exact same behavior; this time it is only ~/.bashrc
that is executed.
It is definitely /usr/bin/screen that is clobbering PATH.
I can't believe I am the only one seeing this. I have seen this on every
machine running Leopard I have looked at and on every account I have
created or could get my fingers on.
--
Martin
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