Re: broken by the FPATH environment variable defined by bash / lmod

On 8/17/26 7:36 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2026-08-17 15:56:23 -0400, Eric Cook wrote:
>> On 8/17/26 9:17 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>>> This is possibly due to /usr/share/lmod/8.7.60/init/bash from the
>>> lmod package, as mentioned at
>>
>> if bash learned about FPATH and autoloadable functions, then like
>> other shell variables, it shouldn't be exported (without good
>> reason) and that file is the problem.
> 
> In the present case, I agree. But imagine that someone who doesn't
> know anything about zsh uses FPATH as an environment variable for
> their own use. This would break zsh scripts that use functions, like

Sure, but that isn't unique to zsh or any unix command though.

> Or do you assume that FPATH should universally be known?
> 

That isn't an assumption i would assert with my experience.

Nor does it justify the breaking of long standing use cases like mine that

FPATH=$FPATH zsh -f

to enter in a debugging session without needing to reconstruct FPATH.