[Lawrence Velázquez <lar...@macports.org> (2013-02-20 08:47:13 UTC)]
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 3:22 AM, Harald Hanche-Olsen <han...@math.ntnu.no> wrote: > > > ["Richard R. Cahilig" <chr05210...@gmail.com> (2013-02-19 22:39:32 UTC)] > > > >> export PATH="/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH" > > > > Another way to do that is to put this in a file in /etc/paths.d/: > > > > /opt/local/bin > > /opt/local/sbin > > These are not equivalent. Directory entries added via /etc/paths.d are tacked > onto the *end* of the default PATH, while the quoted "export" statement adds > them to the *beginning*. The latter is necessary if you want your shell to > find MacPorts executables before system ones. True. If that is what you want, you can tack the directories onto the front of /etc/paths instead. Not sure if either will survive a system upgrade, though. But on the other hand, it will work for all users on the machine. - Harald _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
