Add ~/.local/bin to the path in /etc/skel/.profile

[gdahlman]

This appears to be a regression of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1588562

In 16.04, per the above bug it is set with bash 4.3

##### Working in 16.04

$ dpkg -l bash | cat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-===============-============-=================================
ii bash 4.3-14ubuntu1.2 amd64 GNU Bourne Again SHell

$ tail -n 2 /etc/skel/profile
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin directories
PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

##### Regression in 17.04

$ dpkg -l bash | cat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-==============-============-=================================
ii bash 4.4-2ubuntu1.1 amd64 GNU Bourne Again SHell

$ tail -n 4 /etc/skel/.profile
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

##### Regression in 17.10

$ dpkg -l bash | cat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii bash 4.4-5ubuntu1 amd64 GNU Bourne Again SHell

$ tail -n 4 /etc/skel/.profile
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

foo@76ee9ed7d4f5:~$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

The issue could be fixed with a diff on /etc/skel/.profile like:

##### Patch Diff

diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index c9db459..da82446 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ fi
 if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
     PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
 fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private python-pip bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+ PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi

#### LSB info

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 17.04
Release: 17.04

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch)
Release: 17.10

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[gdahlman (gdahlman)]

I will claim the upstream and try to get a fix in.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue has been fixed in debian/bionic

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/4.4.18-1ubuntu1