Wildcard expansion in $PATH

[David Lechnyr]

It would be nice if one day BASH could recognize wildcards in the PATH 
statement.  E.g.,

export PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/pkg/*/bin

While it may seem unnecessary to some, it is becoming a more frequently 
demanded feature.  E.g., a new feature of the MANPATH variable as of 
man 1.5p is:  "MANPATH items can now be set with an asterisk, which 
indicates that all possible dir-names are to be searched."  Such a 
feature for BASH would be quite nifty :-)

If there is a patch for this, I'd appreciate anyone pointing me in the 
appropriate direction.

Thanks,
- David