Path Out of Control

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 2, 2013, at 20:44, Christopher Stone wrote:

> I was having a discussion about paths with someone and looked at mine because of it.
> 
> What I found was a bit surprising; there are several duplications — and it appears to my inexpert eye that MacPorts is the culprit.
> 
> From ~/.profile:
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
> 
> ##
> # Your previous /Users/chris/.profile file was backed up as /Users/chris/.profile.macports-saved_2012-05-15_at_14:27:56
> ##
> 
> # MacPorts Installer addition on 2012-05-15_at_14:27:56: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
> # Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.
> 
> 
> ##
> # Your previous /Users/chris/.profile file was backed up as /Users/chris/.profile.macports-saved_2012-08-06_at_09:41:10
> ##
> 
> # MacPorts Installer addition on 2012-08-06_at_09:41:10: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
> # Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I'm assuming I can safely delete one of these entries.

Yes.


> Could this have been done by the 2.0 beta and then the 2.0 release versions?

The code that changes your .profile hasn't really changed in a long time. It should not have added to your .profile if the path was already set properly.