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Macユーザーでもないのに余計な口出しをしている匿名です．乗りかかった船で多少責任を感じて（？）ググってみましたところ，下掲の [1] と [2] のようなやり方がヒットしました．

なお，奥村先生が，

＞ まずlaunchd.confは通常のシェルが読むものではないので後者の書き方はダメなのでは？

と書いてらっしゃり，また，例えば，http://d.hatena.ne.jp/fuzzhead/20100907/p1 にも，

＞ ちなみに、
＞ setenv PATH $PATH:~/bin
＞ みたいに書いたら
＞ 環境変数PATHの値が、
＞ $PATH:~/bin
＞ になってしまって、iTermとかも動かなくなってあせった。

とあります．同様に，下記 [1] にも，

＞ Note also that it doesn't support shell environment variable substitutions (like $PATH) so you'll have to set every path that you want to include.

とありますので，launchd.confで“$PATH”を使うのはマズいようです．（なお，この書法をご案内された匿名氏は私ではありません）

[1] に従うとしますと，/etc/launchd.confに

setenv PATH /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2009/bin/universal-darwin:/usr/local/texlive/p2009/bin/i386-apple-darwin10.3.0:/usr/local/bibunsho/bin/i386-darwin

と書くということになり，[2] に従うとしますと，.bash_profileに

export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2009/bin/universal-darwin:/usr/local/texlive/p2009/bin/i386-apple-darwin10.3.0:/usr/local/bibunsho/bin/i386-darwin
launchctl setenv PATH $PATH

と書く，ということになりそうです．

これで本当にうまくいくのかどうか私には確認のしようがありませんが，一応ご参考まで．

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[1] How to change PATH environment variable to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion that will be visible to GUI applications?
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/63662/how-to-change-path-environment-variable-to-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-that-will-be

With Mountain Lion /etc/launchd.conf is where you should set the GUI applications Path. Remember it's not a script file; it only supports launchctl commands so you should write something like:

    setenv PATH /new/path:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Note also that it doesn't support shell environment variable substitutions (like $PATH) so you'll have to set every path that you want to include. It's a good idea to keep the original paths that you've mentioned (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin).

You'll have to reboot after changing (or creating) the file for the changes to take effect.

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[2] How to set PATH for Finder-launched applications
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51677/how-to-set-path-for-finder-launched-applications

I had the same problem with eclipse, but now I've added e.g. the following to my .bash_profile and then it worked.

    export PATH=some_path:another_path
    launchctl setenv PATH $PATH

In case you want to leave the original path intact use

    p=$(launchctl getenv PATH)
    launchctl setenv PATH /my/new/path:$p

instead (or just launchctl setenv PATH /my/new/path:$(launchctl getenv PATH)).

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I ended up using: "launchctl setenv PATH $PATH". Appending the existing launchctl path via "$p" ends up repeating the path each time you open a shell.

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