~/bin not added to path

[Christoph Sturm]

hey guys!

I am probably missing something obvious here, but i am expiriencing a
strange effect:
I have created a bin directory in my home directory, and had the
expectation that this snippet from .bash_profile would add it to the
path:
if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
    PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
fi

but after logging into gnome its not added.
when i do "su - chris", it works. 

Is that "by design" or a bug?

thanks
 chris
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