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Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles]


On Nov 18, 2007, at 6:27 PM, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:

Anyway, the paths in the man pages can only be added to /etc/paths.d/ X11 or /etc/manpaths.d/X11 as no attention is paid to other files in the directory.

Even were attention paid to other files, the results would be wrong for Fink or MacPorts users when installing applications that replace Apple versions. The search order is important.

What do you mean, other files are ignored? I've created a bunch of files in there. It adds them to the path as appropriate. And the search order is alphabetical, so if the user wants to specify a particular order, he can exploit the sorting by properly setting names for the scripts.

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Andrew J. Hesford <email@hidden>
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 >Xterm not reading dotfiles (From: Francisco De La Cruz <email@hidden>)


 >Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles (From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>)


 >Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles (From: "Andrew J. Hesford" <email@hidden>)


 >Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles (From: Merton Campbell Crockett <email@hidden>)


 >(OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles] (From: "Andrew J. Hesford" <email@hidden>)


 >Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles] (From: Merton Campbell Crockett <email@hidden>)


 >Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles] (From: Ben Byer <email@hidden>)


 >Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles] (From: "Nathaniel Gray" <email@hidden>)


 >Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles] (From: "Andrew J. Hesford" <email@hidden>)


 >Fwd: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles] (From: "Nathaniel Gray" <email@hidden>)


 >Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles] (From: Merton Campbell Crockett <email@hidden>)


 >Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles] (From: Martin Costabel <email@hidden>)


 >Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles] (From: Merton Campbell Crockett <email@hidden>)























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