Thanks Rainer, that was exactly the case. On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 7:02 AM Rainer Müller <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/02/2021 22.35, Mike Summers via macports-users wrote: > > I'm not able to get MacPorts bash working in Terminal as the default > shell. > > > > This is fresh install of Big Sur 11.2 on a new machine, fresh install of > > MacPorts. Only bash and bash-autocomplete are installed > > > > Setting the shell in either the Terminal preferences or for my user to > > /opt/local/bin/bash always leaves me in /bin/bash > > Make sure you use the correct command to lauch in the Terminal preferences. > See here for the details: > > https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/bash-completion#Terminal.app > > > The "best" workaround so far is to start in zsh which has the PATH set > correctly > > and exec bash from there. > > The MacPorts installer only added PATH to the login shell of your user > account. > For zsh, you can find the addition the .zprofile file in your home > directory. > > If you want to use a different shell, you need to make sure to configure > PATH > for that shell. For bash that means you need to configure it in your > .bash_profile accordingly. > > > https://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.shell.html#installing.shell.postflight > > > My old machine where has been through many upgrades including Big Sur > "just works", > > > > I've run out of ideas, I'd appreciate pointers. > > Those older machines may already have the PATH settings in .bash_profile, > because you most probably installed MacPorts while bash was the login > shell. > > Rainer >
