On 03/13/13 at 09:46pm, Ivan S. Freitas wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Manolo Martínez > <manolo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've noticed that, if one modifies the PATH environment variable in > > .zshenv, tmux fails to notice this. That is, `echo $PATH` yields > > different results within and without tmux, with the former being the > > default path, and the latter the path as modified by .zshenv. > > > > When I update PATH in .zshrc, though, it is picked up fine by tmux. > > This should also happen when you log in a tty. > > > * First sources .zshenv > > * Then sources /etc/zsh/zprofile > > * Then .zshrc > > > > In the second step, /etc/zsh/zprofile sources /etc/profile, > > which changes the path back to the default. Might this be > > the reason why tmux picks .zshrc path changes up correctly, but not > > .zshenv path changes? > > It was reported [1] and documented in the wiki [2]. zprofile sources > /etc/profile, > which replaces your $PATH ignoring already existing settings. What I did was > modify /etc/profile to include the value of PATH in the newly created variable: > PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin" > > [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31873 > [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Zsh#Configuration_files > I had read the wiki, but before my path woes, and failed to put two and two together. Thanks for the info. If I may ask, what's the rationale for overwriting the path? Cheers, Manolo
