[ILUG] PATH statements in Mandrake 8.0

[Declan Moriarty]

I'm losing what should be a very simple battle: I'm trying to add 
/usr/local/bin to the $PATH, so I can run stuff I compile myself. Mandrake 
seem to have a thing against such efforts. Look below ;-o.

I first went through and added the '$PATH:'  statement (Which no script had) 
to all of these, and /usr/local/bin in the odd one here and there; no joy. 
The rc(runlevel).d/S99local script, BTW, is run *after* all others, so it 
says in the header. Then I added the PATH statement to rc.local. No joy. Have 
I got bad breath or something?
 


[root at genius rc.d]# grep -r PATH *
init.d/functions:export 
PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin"
init.d/halt:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
init.d/rawdevices:PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
init.d/single:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:
init.d/functions~:export PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
rc0.d/S01halt:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
rc1.d/S00single:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:
rc2.d/S99local:PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
rc2.d/S99local:export PATH
rc3.d/S99local:PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
rc3.d/S99local:export PATH
rc3.d/K44rawdevices:PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
rc5.d/S99local:PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
rc5.d/S99local:export PATH
rc6.d/S01reboot:PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
rc.local:PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
rc.local:export PATH
rc.sysinit:PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
rc.sysinit:export PATH


[root at genius rc.d]# grep -r PATH /etc/sysconfig/*
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-post:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ppp:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-sl:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipx:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-plip:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-sl:PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin


[root at genius rc.d]# echo $PATH
/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
[root at genius rc.d]# ./rc.local
[root at genius rc.d]# echo $PATH
/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 

-- 
	Regards,


	Declan Moriarty




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