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El Capitan (OS X 10.11) introduces a system-level /etc/zprofile which
uses a path_helper thing to mangle $PATH. Unfortunately, the way
path_helper works, it forces /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin to the
*start* of the PATH variable, which means that any PATH mutations I
want have to run after /etc/zprofile calls path_helper. As such, move
my path insertions into .zprofile{,-machine} rather than
.zshenv{,-machine} so that I can still ensure my path entries are at
the start of PATH rather than the end. This works because:

> Commands are then read from $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv. If the shell is a
> login shell, commands are read from /etc/zprofile and then
> $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile. Then, if the shell is interactive, commands
> are read from /etc/zshrc and then $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc. Finally, if the
> shell is a login shell, /etc/zlogin and $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin are read.

This means that non-login shells no longer pick up my custom PATH
entries, but as I only use OS X as a desktop OS that seems like a
workable tradeoff for now.]]> Augie Fackler <raf@durin42.com> Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:46:29 -0500