# Check the file exists.
[ -e "$DIR/$dirs" ] || return
+ # Set IFS to newline only so that we can read $(embedded shell commands).
+ JGD=$IFS
+ IFS='
+'
# Read them.
path=
- for dir in $(cat "$DIR/$dirs"); do
+ while read dir; do
+ dir=$(eval echo "$dir")
[ -d "$dir" ] || continue
path="$path:$dir"
- done
+ done < "$DIR/$dirs"
unset dir
+ # Restore IFS.
+ IFS=$JGD
+ unset JGD
+
# Sanitise path.
path=${path#:}
[ -z "$path" ] && return
makepath C_INCLUDE_PATH incdirs
copypath CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH C_INCLUDE_PATH
makepath LD_LIBRARY_PATH libdirs
-copypath LD_RUN_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+copypath LD_RUN_PATH PATH
makepath MANPATH mandirs
makepath PKG_CONFIG_PATH pkgdirs