Re: /etc/profile should include sbin in PATH
Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 01:16:34PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Current situation: People are forced to make local workawounds like symlinks
> > in /usr/local/bin or PATH modifications that violate the
> > FHS. We have evidence on this thread that numerous people
> > are making these types of workarounds.
>
> Note that `violating the FHS' isn't really such a ghastly horrible thing.
Sure. It's not a big deal if a local admin wants to do that. I think we
should avoid situations that tend to lead them into doing it, though.
> > Proposed solution: Adding 5 or 10 symlinks *automatically*,
>
> Exactly which `5 or 10' symlinks would these be?
I was trying to set an upper bound. The only one that's really on the table
right now is traceroute.
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