5181 – Incorrect formation of path for Csh/Tcsh

Bug 5181 - Incorrect formation of path for Csh/Tcsh

Summary: Incorrect formation of path for Csh/Tcsh

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	Low minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2002-07-17 20:08 UTC by Jason Tokarz
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Jason Tokarz 2002-07-17 20:08:24 UTC

In the file 'csh.env' a environment variable ($ROOTPATH) is defined, eg:

setenv ROOTPATH '/usr/local/bin:/opt/Acrobat5:/usr/X11R6/bin:/ ... '

but in 'csh.cshrc' shell variable ($path) is updated as:

set path = (/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin $ROOTPATH)

This will cause the shell variable, $path, to contain colons which causes the
path to be interpreted wrong by the shell.

It should be something like:

setenv ROOTPATH '/usr/local/bin:/opt/Acrobat5:/usr/X11R6/bin:/ ...' (in csh.env)

then:

setenv PATH /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:$ROOTPATH     (in csh.cshrc)

the shell will then update the $path variable correctly!

Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-12-08 15:02:25 UTC

Kabau, dont you use tcsh ?

Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-12-18 05:15:52 UTC

I dont know tcsh.

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-12-27 14:18:14 UTC

sorry about the delay ... added your fix to cvs

http://cvs.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo-x86/app-shells/tcsh/files/csh.cshrc.diff?r1=1.1&r2=1.2