3 files changed, 18 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cmd/path.lua b/src/luarocks/cmd/path.lua
index b1da4c0b..0038070b 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cmd/path.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cmd/path.lua
@@ -35,32 +35,34 @@ function path_cmd.command(args)
    local path_sep = cfg.export_path_separator
 
    if args.lr_path then
-      util.printout(util.cleanup_path(lr_path, ';', cfg.lua_version))
+      util.printout(util.cleanup_path(lr_path, ';', cfg.lua_version, true))
       return true
    elseif args.lr_cpath then
-      util.printout(util.cleanup_path(lr_cpath, ';', cfg.lua_version))
+      util.printout(util.cleanup_path(lr_cpath, ';', cfg.lua_version, true))
       return true
    elseif args.lr_bin then
-      util.printout(util.cleanup_path(lr_bin, path_sep))
+      util.printout(util.cleanup_path(lr_bin, path_sep, nil, true))
       return true
    end
+
+   local clean_path = util.cleanup_path(os.getenv("PATH"), path_sep, nil, true)
    
    if args.append then
       lr_path = package.path .. ";" .. lr_path
       lr_cpath = package.cpath .. ";" .. lr_cpath
-      lr_bin = os.getenv("PATH") .. path_sep .. lr_bin
+      lr_bin = clean_path .. path_sep .. lr_bin
    else
       lr_path =  lr_path.. ";" .. package.path
       lr_cpath = lr_cpath .. ";" .. package.cpath
-      lr_bin = lr_bin .. path_sep .. os.getenv("PATH")
+      lr_bin = lr_bin .. path_sep .. clean_path
    end
    
    local lpath_var, lcpath_var = util.lua_path_variables()
 
-   util.printout(fs.export_cmd(lpath_var, util.cleanup_path(lr_path, ';', cfg.lua_version)))
-   util.printout(fs.export_cmd(lcpath_var, util.cleanup_path(lr_cpath, ';', cfg.lua_version)))
+   util.printout(fs.export_cmd(lpath_var, util.cleanup_path(lr_path, ';', cfg.lua_version, args.append)))
+   util.printout(fs.export_cmd(lcpath_var, util.cleanup_path(lr_cpath, ';', cfg.lua_version, args.append)))
    if not args.no_bin then
-      util.printout(fs.export_cmd("PATH", util.cleanup_path(lr_bin, path_sep)))
+      util.printout(fs.export_cmd("PATH", util.cleanup_path(lr_bin, path_sep, nil, args.append)))
    end
    return true
 end
diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
index 008ae7dc..99f609db 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
@@ -763,8 +763,8 @@ function cfg.init(detected, warning)
 
    function cfg.init_package_paths()
       local lr_path, lr_cpath, lr_bin = cfg.package_paths()
-      package.path = util.cleanup_path(package.path .. ";" .. lr_path, ";", lua_version)
-      package.cpath = util.cleanup_path(package.cpath .. ";" .. lr_cpath, ";", lua_version)
+      package.path = util.cleanup_path(package.path .. ";" .. lr_path, ";", lua_version, true)
+      package.cpath = util.cleanup_path(package.cpath .. ";" .. lr_cpath, ";", lua_version, true)
    end
 
    --- Check if platform was detected
diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/util.lua b/src/luarocks/core/util.lua
index d8f75d76..bd50ca0b 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/util.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/util.lua
@@ -167,16 +167,16 @@ end
 -- @param list string: A path string (from $PATH or package.path)
 -- @param sep string: The separator
 -- @param lua_version (optional) string: The Lua version to use.
--- @param keep_last (optional) if true, keep last occurrence in case
--- of duplicates; otherwise keep first occurrence. The default is false.
-function util.cleanup_path(list, sep, lua_version, keep_last)
+-- @param keep_first (optional) if true, keep first occurrence in case
+-- of duplicates; otherwise keep last occurrence. The default is false.
+function util.cleanup_path(list, sep, lua_version, keep_first)
    assert(type(list) == "string")
    assert(type(sep) == "string")
    local parts = util.split_string(list, sep)
    local final, entries = {}, {}
    local start, stop, step
 
-   if keep_last then
+   if keep_first then
       start, stop, step = 1, #parts, 1
    else
       start, stop, step = #parts, 1, -1
@@ -192,11 +192,12 @@ function util.cleanup_path(list, sep, lua_version, keep_last)
          end)
       end
       if not entries[part] then
-         local at = keep_last and #final+1 or 1
+         local at = keep_first and #final+1 or 1
          table.insert(final, at, part)
          entries[part] = true
       end
    end
+
    return table.concat(final, sep)
 end