Hi John There's some work being done on this at present - see https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/5188 for more information, and hopefully it will get sorted out by fish 3.0.
David Adam fish committer zanc...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au On Fri, 11 May 2018, John Chludzinski wrote: > Is this changing in 3.0? > > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 4:16 PM, John Chludzinski < > john.chludzin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes, > > > > set -x LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/li > > b:/mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/lib/:/mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/ACE_wrappers/lib/ > > > > worked. > > > > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 4:15 PM, John Chludzinski < > > john.chludzin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> So I should use: > >> > >> set -x LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/li > >> b:/mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/lib/:/mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/ACE_wrappers/lib/ > >> > >> And I need to use a COLON ( ":" ) in lieu of a space ( " " ) as a > >> delimiter for all env. var. except PATH, CDPATH and MANPATH? > >> > >> Correct? > >> > >> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Kurtis Rader <kra...@skepticism.us> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> It is working correctly. You're naturally confused because fish special > >>> cases PATH, MANPATH, and CDPATH. It automatically splits on colons when > >>> importing those vars from the environment and joins the elements with > >>> colons when exporting to an external command. It does not do that for any > >>> other environment var. Not even those that have "PATH" in the name. This > >>> is > >>> (sort of) documented: > >>> > >>> fish automatically creates arrays from the variables PATH, CDPATH and > >>>> MANPATH when it is started. (Previous versions created arrays from > >>>> *all* colon-delimited environment variables.) > >>> > >>> > >>> See https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/436 for a proposal > >>> on how to improve this via "tied variables". I was working the code for > >>> that feature which would have made it into the fish 3.0 release. Sadly I > >>> stopped working on fish when I decided I could no longer work with one of > >>> the other devs so I didn't complete that work. And it doesn't look like > >>> any > >>> of the remaining devs consider it important enough to include in the 3.0 > >>> release. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 12:53 PM, John Chludzinski < > >>> john.chludzin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I'm trying to set an env. var.: > >>>> > >>>> set -x LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/lib64 /lib64 /lib /usr/lib > >>>> /mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/lib/ /mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/ACE_wrappers/lib/ > >>>> > >>>> Then I run the Perl script: > >>>> > >>>> $ perl ./run_test.pl > >>>> /mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/bin/DCPSInfoRepo -ORBDebugLevel 10 -ORBLogFile > >>>> DCPSInfoRepo.log -o repo.ior > >>>> /mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/bin/DCPSInfoRepo: error while loading shared > >>>> libraries: libOpenDDS_InfoRepoServ.so.3.12.0: cannot open shared > >>>> object file: No such file or directory > >>>> > >>>> I go into BASH: > >>>> > >>>> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib:/mnt/ssd/Ope > >>>> nDDS/lib/:/mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/ACE_wrappers/lib/ > >>>> > >>>> Then the Perl script: > >>>> > >>>> $ perl ./run_test.pl > >>>> /mnt/ssd/OpenDDS/bin/DCPSInfoRepo -ORBDebugLevel 10 -ORBLogFile > >>>> DCPSInfoRepo.log -o repo.ior > >>>> TAO (10880|140123965663040) - Completed initializing the process-wide > >>>> service context > >>>> TAO (10880|140123965663040) - Default ORB services initialization begins > >>>> TAO (10880|140123965663040) - > >>>> ORBInitializer_Registry::register_orb_initializer > >>>> 0 @0x219dea0 > >>>> TAO (10880|140123965663040) - > >>>> ORBInitializer_Registry::register_orb_initializer > >>>> 1 @0x219de20 > >>>> TAO (10880|140123965663040) - Default ORB services initialization > >>>> completed > >>>> TAO (10880|140123965663040) - We are the default ORB ... > >>>> > >>>> Question: Why isn't the FISH 'set -x' command functioning as advertised? > >>>> > >>>> BTW> fish --version > >>>> fish, version 2.6.0 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>> ------------------ > >>>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > >>>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Fish-users mailing list > >>>> Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Kurtis Rader > >>> Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank > >>> > >> > >> > > > Cheers, David Adam zanc...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Ask Me About Our SLA! _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
