Re: profile and /usr/local/bin in PATH
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 01:48:14PM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> The default profile on a Debian system puts '/usr/local/bin' as the first
> element in the PATH list. This causes several things to not work as
> desired.
>
> When I have a binary in /usr/local/bin, like Pine, and then install a
> package for that binary, I still get the old version from /usr/local.
>
> I run several root file systems against common /home and /usr/local
> partitions, so one root system may have a package installed while another
> will rely on the version in /usr/local.
>
> In order to make this work as expected, I would like to put /usr/local/bin
> at the end of the path list. Can anyone suggest a compelling reason why I
> shouldn't do this? Is there any Debian "feature" that depends upon this
> path structure?
Is it not more likely that people want to overrule an installed package
with something local? That is the current philosophy, and I see no reason
to change it.
That said, I see no reason for you not to make any changes in your local
default PATH that you would like. You are root; you get to do this.
-dsr-
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