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resander writes:
> Could it be that GPS code has the path /usr/local/bin hardwired or is /
> usr/local/bin special in some other way?

I cannot speak for Ubuntu but on Debian, /usr/local/bin is special in
that it is in the $PATH by default wheread /usr/gnat/bin is not.  See
the system-wide /etc/profile which is the same for all users.

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Ludovic Brenta.