[Nix-dev] ~/bin in PATH if exists

Peter Simons simons at cryp.to
Tue Jan 3 16:47:42 CET 2012


Hi guys,

 >> From your commit message I take that you don't want ~/bin in PATH if it
 >> does not exist.

well, actually, I don't want /etc/profile adding directories from $HOME
into $PATH at all -- regardless of whether they exist or not.


 > I think preferred the approach of Peter - no addition of ~/bin. I
 > consider that the task of ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile.

Exactly. If users want special directories in their personal $PATH, then
their personal init files should do that.

Take care,
Peter



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