The other stuff is what PATH is normally set to. When you do that export in .profile > export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
you are using the old PATH variable with the $PATH part. That's where it comes from ;) But if you wonder where the system sets this default path... then I can't help you ;) Dom Am 23.05.2012 um 23:19 schrieb Josie Reinhardt <[email protected]>: > export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Frank Schima > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On May 23, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Josie Reinhardt wrote: >> >>> I changed ~/.profile to: >>> >>> PATH="$PATH:/opt/local/bin/:/opt/local/sbin/" >>> export PATH >>> >>> but something keeps adding /usr/bin, etc back in before /opt/local/bin/ >>> >>> $ echo $PATH >>> /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/opt/local/bin/:/opt/local/sbin/ >>> >>> I've tried to find another .profile .bash_profile or .bashrc file that >>> could be overriding but I can't find it? >> >> Indeed it is exactly what you set. The suggested path to use according to >> the guide [1] is as follows: >> >> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH >> >> >> Cheers! >> Frank >> >> [1] <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/InstallingMacPorts> >> >> > > Frank and Jeremy, thanks for so cheerfully dealing with newby me. I > think it's working now: > > $ which gcc > /opt/local/bin/gcc > > But for whatever reason the PATH I'm getting back is _not_ what I set > in ~/.profile: > > Here's the entirety of .profile (now that I've cleaned it up): > export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH > > But when I open a new terminal and echo path I get > $ echo $PATH > /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin > > Still at least now /opt/local/bin are in front... but where did the > other stuff come from??? > > Josie > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
