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

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: broken by the FPATH environment variable defined by bash / lmod
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:51:27 +0200
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On 2026-08-18 23:03:46 +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> https://lmod.readthedocs.io/en/latest/search.html?q=FPATH
> It seems it is at least known by the software in question, though the
> answer in the FAQ is pretty confusing, claiming it supports zsh and
> then telling you to unset FPATH manually.

It says:

  The solution is to add “unset FPATH” in your startup files
  before “exec zsh”.

But this is even insufficient as the exported FPATH could also
break zsh scripts.

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References:
- broken by the FPATH environment variable defined by bash / lmod
  - From: Vincent Lefevre
- Re: broken by the FPATH environment variable defined by bash / lmod
  - From: Eric Cook
- Re: broken by the FPATH environment variable defined by bash / lmod
  - From: Vincent Lefevre
- Re: broken by the FPATH environment variable defined by bash / lmod
  - From: Mikael Magnusson

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