Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bash
$HOME .profile file is intented for user specific settings of the bash interpreter, but a new login after the user create a named 'bin' folder inside her $HOME will be not exported on $PATH because 'export' clause was missing. --- .profile.orig 2008-10-29 19:27:40.000000000 -0200 +++ .profile 2008-10-29 19:45:51.000000000 -0200 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then - PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" + export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" fi ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp Package: yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: PATH=/home/username/src/wireshark-1.0.3-asterix:/lpgs/hlproducts/netcdf/3.5.1/bin:/lpgs/hlproducts/gmt/4.0/bin:/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=es_AR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: yelp Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686 ** Affects: bash (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug -- user's 'bin' PATH isn't exported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290918 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs