Re: /usr/bin before /usr/local/bin?

[cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
>Any opinions on which should go first in the path: 
>/usr/bin or /usr/local/bin? 

Definitely /usr/local/bin - you normally want local tools to override
distributed tools.

>/usr/bin: this  is where  Debian stuff goes.  If you want  to override
>Debian   stuff   with  your   own   stuff,   'apt   remove'  is   pretty
>straightforward. 

For what it's worth, I sometimes find dpkg-divert a useful tool for
installing slightly modified versions of Debian tools.

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Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]