Following code listing 9 will set a user's PATH variable to only "/usr/lib/ccache/bin:/opt/bin", overwriting any previous settings. Code Listing 9 should be changed to: PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin:/opt/bin:${PATH}"
Doesn't interfere with anything for me. I added it to ~/.bash_profile, and it is only sourced if I run source ~/.bash_profile, in which case, yes, this is all that PATH will contain. However, by simply running source /etc/profile, I am returned to my full path listing. If you're using ccache for non-portage compiling, then it is of benefit to only temporarily switch PATH to /usr/lib/ccache/bin. There's no point in it being in PATH the rest of the time. Plus, as is mentioned in that paragraph, .bash_profile is only *one* way of setting PATH; don't forget about /etc/profile. Also, your PATH suggestion is invalid because it duplicates /opt/bin which might already be a part of a user's system in /etc/profile. As suggested by this snippet: "(before /usr/bin)", the code in blue is just an example of what could go into a full PATH in the file.
(In reply to comment #1) > Doesn't interfere with anything for me. I added it to ~/.bash_profile, and it > is only sourced if I run source ~/.bash_profile False, see bash(1) manpage: --noprofile Do not read either the system-wide startup file /etc/profile or any of the personal initialization files ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, or ~/.profile. By default, bash reads these files when it is invoked as a login shell (see INVOCATION below). Not everyone uses X.
Seems I already had the proper ${PATH} fix in my bash_profile before this bug was reported, which is why I couldn't reproduce. Let's see about appending the proper variable so that it is added, not overwritten.
Thanks for reporting, and thanks to Jan for some pointers on bash -l. Changed so that it doesn't overwrite PATH, but instead adds to it cumulatively. Fixed in CVS.
