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888	~/.bash_profile not setting up paths correctly.	roadkill@…	blfs-book@…	"blfs/postlfs/profile.html

in the ~/.bash_profile file, in the append function the line:
NEWPATH = ${NEWPATH:+$NEWPATH:}$DIR

returns an error of, NEWPATH:  command not found

I updated this to :
NEWPATH=${NEWPATH:+$NEWPATH:}$DIR

And now my shells work perfectly."	defect	closed	high		BOOK	~5.1	high	invalid