I forgot to CC the list when I wrote these messages: First message:
I found something weird and I wonder if I should report a bug in the setup > package or not. > I've created /etc/profile.d/custom.sh, where I redefine PATH in order to > have /usr/local after /usr for all users. > But the files in /etc/profile.d/ are executed twice (in /etc/bashrc and > /etc/profile), and if a user sets PATH to PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin, it won't be > taken into account. > > Here is what happens when I start my KDE session + open Konsole: > > /etc/profile is called by login > /etc/profile.d/custom.sh is called by /etc/profile > ~/.bash_profile is called > /etc/profile.d/custom.sh is called (by ~/.bashrc which calls /etc/bashrc) > > As a result, the user will have the PATH I've defined in custom.sh, but he > can't append something to it. > Second message: I've added a test at the beginning of /etc/profile.d/custom.sh so that it > is executed only once: > > if shopt -q login_shell ; then > unset PATH > > if [ "$EUID" = "0" ]; then > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/ > usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin > else > > PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin > fi > > export PATH > fi > > That's way I don't need to change anything user side. > But it's a bit ugly and I don't think others distributions have this > problem. >
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