[GRASS5] init.sh PATH

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http://freegis.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/grass6/lib/init/init.sh?rev=1.64&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

if you put /usr/local/bin before $PATH, it breaks any user PATH dir pointing to differen places.

Radim

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In fact, shouldn't it be the first thing on the line?

PATH=$PATH:$GISBASE/bin:$GISBASE/scripts:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/
local/grasslib/bin:$GRASS_ADDON_PATH

instead of...

PATH=$GISBASE/bin:$GISBASE/scripts:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/
grasslib/bin:$PATH:$GRASS_ADDON_PATH

Michael
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From: Radim Blazek <blazek@itc.it>
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:11:24 +0200
To: grass5 <grass5@grass.itc.it>
Cc: Michael Barton <michael.barton@asu.edu>
Subject: init.sh PATH

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t-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

if you put /usr/local/bin before $PATH, it breaks any user PATH dir
pointing to differen places.

Radim

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Michael Barton wrote:

In fact, shouldn't it be the first thing on the line?

PATH=$PATH:$GISBASE/bin:$GISBASE/scripts:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/
local/grasslib/bin:$GRASS_ADDON_PATH

instead of...

PATH=$GISBASE/bin:$GISBASE/scripts:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/
grasslib/bin:$PATH:$GRASS_ADDON_PATH

No, the GRASS directories should take precedence, i.e.:

  PATH=$GISBASE/bin:$GISBASE/scripts:$GRASS_ADDON_PATH:$PATH

Note: no fixed directories (e.g. /usr/local/bin) should be added by
init.sh. The search order for external directories (i.e. anything
which isn't part of GRASS) is up to the user.

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Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com>