Re: assumptions about the build environment.
Jakub Wilk writes ("Re: assumptions about the build environment."):
> More questions about build env assumptions:
My answers:
> Can you assume that /sbin and /usr/sbin are within PATH?
No. Package builds are supposed to be done as the user; the rootness
of the "install" target is just for file permissions and doesn't mean
it should be using admin tools.
> Can you assume that the SHELL environment variable (_not_ the makefile
> variable) is set to something §10.4-compliant?
No. SHELL might refer to ksh, csh or even emacs.
Ian.
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