login xterm session - /etc/profile script adds duplicates to some *PATH vars

[Peter Farley <pjfarley3 at yahoo dot com>]

Hi all,

I noticed a slight problem with three of the *PATH
variables that are set in a login xterm window, such
as the one started by the startxwin.sh script.  It
seems to be caused by the /etc/profile script blindly
adding directories to PATH, MANPATH and INFOPATH.

In startxwin.sh, the xterm is started with this:

xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l &

When you run the following command in that xterm
window, notice the duplicate directories at the start
of the INFOPATH, MANPATH and PATH variables:

set | grep PATH

Is this a Cygwin-X problem, or is this a base Cygwin
problem?  I'll gladly report it over on the regular
Cygwin list if needed.

Regards,

Peter


	
		
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