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Re:Environment Variables and Path in Windows 10 by shiro on Monday October 26, 2015 @06:52AM (#10450556)
If I change the login setting, this usually works (yeah, I have extra layer of shell but I don't care):

    $ /bin/bash -l
Environment variables in Unix isn't for changing global settings. Their effects are localized by design.
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Re:Environment Variables and Path in Windows 10 by efaref on Monday October 26, 2015 @06:59AM (#10450581)
> ... I have extra layer of shell ...

Fix that by running:

    $ exec /bin/bash -l
instead.
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Re:Environment Variables and Path in Windows 10 by shiro on Monday October 26, 2015 @07:28AM (#10450677)
Right!
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