[Xquartz-dev] MacPorts XQuartz 2.3.2 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple32) has problems with $PATH
Jeremy Huddleston
jeremyhu at apple.com
Sun Feb 15 12:07:41 PST 2009
X11.app inherits its path from your default shell. See /Applications/
Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 and search the archives of this
list from about 2 months ago for a very lengthy discussion about it.
On Feb 15, 2009, at 12:00, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I found this when I tried to use AUCTeX in GNU Emacs 23.0.90: its
> internal variable exec-path ("/usr/X11/bin" "/Users/pete/bin" "/usr/
> bin" "/bin" "/usr/X11R6/bin" "/usr/local/sbin" "/usr/local/bin" "/sw/
> bin" "/usr/local/bin" "/usr/texbin" "/Users/pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx"
> "/opt/local/bin" "/usr/X11R6/bin" "/sw/lib/emacs/22.3/powerpc-apple-
> darwin8.11.0"), derived from $PATH, which is reported with Emacs
> Lisp (getenv "PATH") as:
>
> "/usr/X11/bin:/Users/pete/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/
> local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/Users/
> pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx:/opt/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
>
> and which is not the same as in ~/.xinitrc nor as in a shell, bash
> or tcsh.
>
> For the shells I use:
>
> ~/.bashrc:export PATH=$(defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment"
> PATH)
> ~/.profile: PATH=`defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment"
> PATH`
> ~/.cshrc: set path=(`defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment PATH |
> tr ':' ' '`)
>
> So I have, very consistent:
>
> pete 231 /\ echo $PATH
> /Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/
> usr/local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/
> bin/universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/
> coreutils/bin:/Developer/Tools:/Users/pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx
> pete 232 /\ bash -li
> ~/.bash_profile
> ~/.bashrc
> 0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 28 /\ echo $PATH
> /Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/
> usr/local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/
> bin/universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/
> coreutils/bin:/Developer/Tools
> 0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 29 /\ exit
> logout
> pete 233 /\ bash -i
> ~/.bashrc
> 0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 30 /\ echo $PATH
> /Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/
> usr/local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/
> bin/universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/
> coreutils/bin:/Developer/Tools
> 0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 31 /\ exit
> exit
> pete 234 /\ bash
> ~/.bashrc
> 0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 32 /\ echo $PATH
> /Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/
> usr/local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/
> bin/universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/
> coreutils/bin:/Developer/Tools
> 0-ttyp://pete:2/~pete 33 /\ exit
>
> from
>
> pete 235 /\ defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment PATH
> /Users/pete/bin:/sw/lib/freetype219/bin:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/bin:/
> usr/local/bin:/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2008/
> bin/universal-darwin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/lib/
> coreutils/bin:/Developer/Tools
>
> In ~/.xinitrc I let record the environment (env | sort -o
> xinitrc.env). In this output file PATH is recorded as:
>
> PATH=/Users/pete/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/
> usr/local/bin:/sw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/Users/pete/bin/FDK/
> Tools/osx:/opt/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
> for which to find a connection to correct PATH is not easy. With
> this I can't use TeX! The file /etc/csh.login has from an
> installation of the "MacTeX" distribution an useless
>
> set path = ( ${path} "/usr/texbin" )
>
> which will only work when I violate a bit the file system – I leave
> the line there for sentimental reasons.
>
> /etc/csh.cshrc does not set path. /etc/csh.login has only
>
> set path = ( ${path} "/usr/local/bin" )
> set path = ( ${path} "/usr/texbin" )
>
> /etc/profile has
>
> PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin"
>
> My personal files have:
>
> ~/.bashrc:export PATH=$(defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment"
> PATH)
> ~/.cshrc: set path=(`defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment PATH |
> tr ':' ' '`)
> ~/.login:setenv PATH ${PATH}:"/Users/pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx"
> ~/.profile: PATH=`defaults read "${HOME}/.MacOSX/environment"
> PATH`
> ~/.profile:export INFOPATH MANPATH PATH
> ~/.profile:PATH=${PATH}:"/Users/pete/bin/FDK/Tools/osx"
>
> I'd prefer here the behaviour of Apple's X11.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
> Pete
>
> The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is the day they
> start selling vacuum cleaners.
> – Ernest Jan Plugge
>
>
>
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