58892 – Portage uses ROOTPATH instead of PATH

Bug 58892 - Portage uses ROOTPATH instead of PATH

Summary: Portage uses ROOTPATH instead of PATH

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	osx porters

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Depends on:	58106
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Reported:	2004-07-30 07:20 UTC by Joe Jezak (RETIRED)
Modified:	2005-05-15 09:05 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Joe Jezak (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-30 07:20:31 UTC

Portage gets its path from the ROOTPATH environment variable instead of PATH.  This causes problems on OSX because we never define a ROOTPATH variable.  I suggest that we add it to the profile during installation, maybe have it mirror PATH.

I came across this while trying to get koules to compile.  It was trying to use a program in /usr/X11R6/bin, which wasn't in the path even though it was in my profile's PATH.  Setting ROOTPATH=${PATH} fixed the problem for me.

Comment 1 Joe Jezak (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-01 07:23:59 UTC

This bug will be fixed by implementation of a MacOS baselayout.

Comment 2 Joe Jezak (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-15 09:05:48 UTC

Fixed by new baselayout.