SuSE 9.1 and /etc/profile.local

I just installed SuSE 9.1 and am having trouble getting my PATH the
way I want it.

I have a /etc/profile.local in place that looks as follows:


# /etc/profile.local
# Java environment
# Sun JVM
JAVA_HOME=/opt/sunMicrosystems/java
export JAVA_HOME
# Modify Path
test -L $JAVA_HOME && PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
export PATH



When I echo $PATH I get the following:
/opt/sunMicrosystems/java/bin:/opt/sunMicrosystems/java/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin


I don't like seeing /opt/sunMicrosystems/java/bin twice. I checked
/etc/profile and the only reference to profile.local is as:

if test "$is" != "ash" ; then
#
# Source some aliases which provide help for DOS users
#
#test -e /etc/profile.dos && . /etc/profile.dos

#
# And now let's see if there is a local profile
# (for options defined by your sysadmin, not SuSE Linux)
#
test -s /etc/profile.local && . /etc/profile.local
fi


My question is why is /opt/sunMicrosystems/java/bin showing up twice
in my PATH? It appears that profile is sourcing profile.local just
once.

By the way, I took the profile.local from my SuSE 7.2 system where it
works
fine.


Thanks in advance,
FGB