From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7923: 23.2; Shell PATH environment variable problem Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:10:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: <41BA395F-882C-4220-8783-DD0835920415@cs.unc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1296102350 11997 80.91.229.12 (27 Jan 2011 04:25:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:25:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7923@debbugs.gnu.org To: John McHugh Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 27 05:25:46 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PiJQC-00006N-R5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:25:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48850 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PiJQ2-0005oa-GO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:25:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37062 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PiJPv-0005lI-Rq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:25:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiJPu-0002F1-Ky for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:25:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58385) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiJPu-0002Ex-II for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:25:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PiJ4X-0000el-TK; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:03:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7923 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs,ns X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7923-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7923.12961009542433 (code B ref 7923); Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7923) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Jan 2011 04:02:34 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PiJ45-0000dC-Na for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:02:33 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PiJ44-0000d3-KA for 7923@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:02:33 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAJt/QE1MCo4O/2dsb2JhbACke3S7doMCEAGCPASFGI9wgzY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,384,1291611600"; d="scan'208";a="89379352" Original-Received: from 76-10-142-14.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([76.10.142.14]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 26 Jan 2011 23:10:29 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A1802660DC; Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:10:29 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <41BA395F-882C-4220-8783-DD0835920415@cs.unc.edu> (John McHugh's message of "Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:34:51 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:03:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:43672 Archived-At: > from MacTeX-2010. I noticed that tex programs were in the PATH in a > terminal shell, but not in an emacs shell. Ultimately, I discovered IIUC the difference is because Terminal.app runs the shell as a login shell (which is a somewhat unusual choice, for an old Unix guy), whereas Emacs's M-x shell doesn't. You can make your .bashrc to source /etc/profile. Tho maybe your better choice will be to try and make Emacs's own PATH to be set properly (i.e. have it run your path_helper somehow). Stefan