[Bug 1705571] Re: Add ~/.local/bin to the path in /etc/skel/.profile

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Add ~/.local/bin to the path in  /etc/skel/.profile

Status in bash package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This appears to be a regression of
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1588562

  In 16.04, per the above bug it is set with bash 4.3

  ##### Working in 16.04

  $ dpkg -l bash | cat
  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
  | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
  |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
  ||/ Name           Version         Architecture Description
  +++-==============-===============-============-=================================
  ii  bash           4.3-14ubuntu1.2 amd64        GNU Bourne Again SHell

  $ tail -n 2 /etc/skel/profile
  # set PATH so it includes user's private bin directories
  PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

  ##### Regression in 17.04

  $ dpkg -l bash | cat
  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
  | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
  |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
  ||/ Name           Version        Architecture Description
  +++-==============-==============-============-=================================
  ii  bash           4.4-2ubuntu1.1 amd64        GNU Bourne Again SHell

  $ tail -n 4 /etc/skel/.profile
  # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
  if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
      PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
  fi

  ##### Regression in 17.10

  $ dpkg -l bash | cat
  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
  | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
  |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
  ||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
  +++-==============-============-============-=================================
  ii  bash           4.4-5ubuntu1 amd64        GNU Bourne Again SHell

  $  tail -n 4 /etc/skel/.profile
  # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
  if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
      PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
  fi

  foo at 76ee9ed7d4f5:~$ echo $PATH
  /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

  
  The issue could be fixed with a diff on /etc/skel/.profile like:

  ##### Patch Diff

  diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
  index c9db459..da82446 100644
  --- a/.profile
  +++ b/.profile
  @@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ fi
   if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
       PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
   fi
  +
  +# set PATH so it includes user's private python-pip bin if it exists
  +if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
  +    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
  +fi

  
  #### LSB info

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 17.04
  Release:	17.04

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch)
  Release:        17.10

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