Jehan, Excellent summarization of the thread regarding how we can add /usr/X11R6/bin to the path.
Looks like we had Dave Cook and Robert Collins discussing the best way to do things but then the thread died. I don't really think that I know how to implement the best solution here, so I will just have to leave this up to others. Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jehan > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: problems with XFree > > > Harold L Hunt II wrote: > > Sylvain Petreolle wrote: > > > >> Why not install a file in /etc/profile.d ? > >> > > > > Sylvain, > > > > I am not sure why we didn't use /etc/profile.d. I remember discussing > > it, but when I searched the mailing list archives using the search > > function at the top of the archive page, all I got was a bunch of spam > > messages that I don't recall ever seeing on the mailing list (at least > > not on the dates mentioned). I will have to do a google search for > > profile.d on our site, but I haven't got time now. If you could do the > > search and summarize where the thread left off, that would be great. > > > > I seem to remember that a profile.d would work for some cases, but it > > wouldn't work for all cases... but I cannot give a specific example > > (might be the archives as well). > > There was some talk about that on this thread: > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-q2/threads.html#01549 > > There they say that the path to X should be set before any call to > /etc/profile.d/* to be more Unix like (i.e. near the top of /etc/profile). > > It was suggested to add > if ! echo $PATH | /bin/grep -q "/usr/X11R6/bin" ; then > PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin" > fi > > at the top of /etc/profile. The comment was: > "Now the stock Cygwin /etc/profile (unlike the Linux one) > actually sets a default PATH on the first line via > > PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH" > > Fortunately this puts the important system paths ahead of > anything already defined, so it's OK to add /usr/X11R6/bin at > the top." > > Post "http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2001-q2/msg01574.html"; > is supposed to give a patch but I don't see it. Anyway, it was for the > cygwin install (with the assumption that Cygwin/XFree would soon use > Cygwin's setup). It's probably better to have a post-install > script to do it > > Jehan > > >
