[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

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.

-- 
see shy jo


Reply to: