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Thu, 8 Dec 2011 16:59:34 -0700
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Re: manpath gets gobbled when environment modules are loaded
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On 12/08/2011 03:44 AM, Magnus Hagdorn wrote:
> Hi there,
> I noticed that on SL 6.1 the MANPATH gets gobbled when an environment
> module is loaded and the MANPATH was empty. The solution as suggested
> here [1] is to set the MANPATH to its default in /etc/profile.d, i.e.
> cat /etc/profile.d/00_manpath.sh
> export MANPATH=`manpath`
> and something similar for csh users. I suppose this could also be set at
> the top of /etc/profile.d/modules.sh
>
> Cheers
> magnus
>
> [1]
> https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/npaci-rocks-discussion/2009-May/039520.html
>
>

This should be fixed with 3.2.9c.  I've filed a request here: 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765630


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