Only invoke path_helper in login shells #5637
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Matches upstream path_helper which is invoked in /etc/profile and only
applies to login shells. Enables running interactive, non-login shells
with altered PATH values.
Reverts change in c0f832a, which reverts change in adbaddf.
Description
The macOS
path_helperprepends all system specified paths:It's sometimes useful to run a shell with an altered path, for example to inject custom entries ahead of, or instead of, system entries. On bash this is possible since the path_helper is only run in a login shell:
This makes fish behave equivalently.
TODOs: