On 2022-05-20 17:22+0200 k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Neil Bothwick: > > On Fri, 20 May 2022 15:55:22 +0200 (CEST), k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > > How do I run emerge so that when buildin/emerging the package > > > another PATH is used ? > > > > PATH is just an environment variable, so > > > > PATH="/path1:/path2" emerge blah > > > > should do that. > > Doesn't seems to work... > > # echo $PATH > /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2022/bin/x86_64-linux > # emerge -aqvu app-text/dblatex > ... > # grep ^Err > /Net/gentoo/tmpdir/portage/app-text/dblatex-0.3.11-r1/temp/build.log > Error: not found: latex, makeindex, pdflatex, kpsewhich # which latex > /usr/local/texlive/2022/bin/x86_64-linux/latex > # > > Something seems to set its own PATH. > > Regards, > /Karl Hammar
It probably reinitialises PATH when dropping to the portage user? Try modifying PATH in /etc/portage/bashrc — note that this file is sourced multiple times during the build, see <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/bashrc>. Kind regards, tastytea
