Revert "Add instructions to fix path on OS X El Capitan"

mislav · Geoff Harcourt · commit f159f1a32615 · 2015-10-23T12:23:19.000-04:00
For years, OS X has mistakently invoked `path_helper` in `/etc/zshenv` (affecting all zsh runtimes, even non-interactive shells such as scripts) instead of from `/etc/zprofile` where it should have been because it needs to only run once for a login shell. This frustrated a lot of users since `path_helper` would unexpectedly reorder their PATH by putting system paths first during nested invocations of zsh. Many have disabled their `path_helper` because they believed it to be the culprit. Instead, what they should have done is fixed the OS X configuration bug and renamed their `/etc/zshenv` to `/etc/zprofile`. Recently, El Capitan shipped and users of zsh rejoiced because it has finally fixed its faulty zsh configuration: the `path_helper` is now correctly invoked from `/etc/zprofile`. This was a deliberate change on Apple's part and is a BUG FIX, NOT A REGRESSION. However, now this project suggests the opposite: revert the El Capitan fix and move `/etc/zprofile` to `/etc/zshenv`. This is unwise since it teleports us to the olden days of broken zsh configuration. Please don't instruct users to break their system. This reverts commit 15de0bc.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -45,18 +45,6 @@ You can safely run `rcup` multiple times to update:
 You should run `rcup` after pulling a new version of the repository to symlink
 any new files in the repository.
 
-#### Note for OS X El Capitan Users
-
-OS X El Capitan (10.11) calls `path_helper` from `/etc/zprofile`, which gets
-sourced *after* `.zshenv`, and will reorder your path in such a way that
-installed software such as Ruby, rbenv, Homebrew, etc. may not work correctly.
-You can rename the file to prevent it from editing your environment path after
-changes made in `.zshenv`:
-
-```shell
-% sudo mv /etc/{zprofile,zshenv}
-```
-
 Make your own customizations
 ----------------------------
 
