To add to the issue, `/etc/environment` has one line setting `PATH` and
throwing out any old versions of `PATH` (it doesn't contain `$PATH`).
Changing that changed my `PATH` consistently on reboot:
$ cat /etc/environment
PATH="/opt/ghc/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games"
$ printenv PATH
/home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin:/home/ubuntu/bin:/opt/ghc/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
I tried adding a line to `/etc/environment.d/60-haskell.conf` setting
`ZOMG=zomg`, but it wasn't picked up on reboot, so it appears that files
in `/etc/environment.d` do nothing at all, not that they're just
overwritten by `/etc/environment`.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1861363
Title:
/etc/environment.d cannot be used to add to PATH
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I've added an executable file `/etc/environment.d/60-haskell.conf`
with the following contents:
PATH=/opt/ghc/bin:$PATH
According to `man environment.d`, this is a proper procedure for
altering the PATH variable via systemd. However, it does not work on
Ubuntu. The PATH on reboot does not include `/opt/ghc/bin`.
This is due to `/etc/profile` incorrectly overwriting the PATH
according to comment #10 on
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6414.
There is a Debian bug at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=869144 that was prematurely closed because on
the Debian side **because it was a Debian issue** rather than a
systemd issue, which seems quite nonsensical. Perhaps that issue can
be reopened or another can be opened.
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Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04
systemd:
Installed: 237-3ubuntu10.33
Candidate: 237-3ubuntu10.33
Version table:
*** 237-3ubuntu10.33 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
237-3ubuntu10.29 500
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64
Packages
237-3ubuntu10 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: systemd 237-3ubuntu10.33
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-74.84-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-74-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 29 19:07:31 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-10 (111 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20190805)
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0627:0001 Adomax Technology Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=screen
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-74-generic
root=UUID=111df9fc-1d42-47eb-82a6-3a80a0aba4c7 ro consoleblank=0
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS
dmi.bios.version: rel-1.12.0-0-ga698c8995f-prebuilt.qemu.org
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU
dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-3.1
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvrrel-1.12.0-0-ga698c8995f-prebuilt.qemu.org:bd04/01/2014:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-3.1:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-3.1:
dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-3.1
dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU
modified.conffile..etc.systemd.timesyncd.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.systemd.timesyncd.conf: 2019-10-10T02:35:05.488000
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