Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles]
Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles]
- Subject: Re: (OT) path_helper [was Re: Xterm not reading dotfiles]
- From: Ben Byer <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:17:37 -0800
On Nov 18, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
It appears that I had modified /etc/profile under Mac OS X 10.4.
When upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5, the modified /etc/profile was
preserved and the new Mac OS X 10.5 version was installed as /etc/
profile.system_default.
As a result, I never saw the "freeze" that you and several others
have reported. It makes one wonder how many of the X "problems" are
related to how, sans adequate documentation, users addressed
problems in earlier versions of Mac OS X.
80-90%, if I had to guess? :(
As an aside, were /usr/libexec/path_helper to function as described
in the man pages, I would have little need for ~/.bash_profile or
~/.profile other than to add the paths required to use MacPorts.
That was the goal in creating that utility; if it does not behave how
you would like it to (or even worse, how it's documented to work),
please file a bug report with Apple so that we can fix it.
--
Ben Byer
CoreOS / BSD Technology Group, XDarwin maintainer
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