Bug#158497: marked as done (_PATH_*PATH variables in <paths.h> don't conform to debian standards)
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Subject: _PATH_*PATH variables in <paths.h> don't conform to debian standards
From: "Robert Millan" <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>
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Hello,
Looking at paths.h:
/* Default search path. */
#define _PATH_DEFPATH "/usr/bin:/bin"
/* All standard utilities path. */
#define _PATH_STDPATH \
"/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
This is suposed to contain the "default" and "standard" paths
for system users. Paths in Debian are defined by the ENV_PATH
and ENV_SUPATH variables in /etc/login.defs, which default to:
ENV_SUPATH PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/local/bin
ENV_PATH PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
I think these are saner and the GNU project should accept them for
glibc. Even if they don't we should have them in Debian, for they
are the default here as choosen in /etc/login.defs.
I made up a fixed version where _PATH_STDPATH contains Debian's
requirements and _PATH_DEFPATH a set of essential directories,
excluding X11, local and games.
Also, _PATH_*PATH_ROOT are missing but used in some places so
i'm including them too.
Here is a patch:
--- paths.h.old 2002-08-27 17:11:18.000000000 +0200
+++ paths.h 2002-08-27 17:42:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@
#define _PATH_DEFPATH "/usr/bin:/bin"
/* All standard utilities path. */
#define _PATH_STDPATH \
- "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+ "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"
+
+/* Default search path for root. */
+#define _PATH_DEFPATH_ROOT "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+/* All standard utilities path for root. */
+#define _PATH_STDPATH_ROOT \
+ "/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
#define _PATH_BSHELL "/bin/sh"
#define _PATH_CONSOLE "/dev/console"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
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Kernel: Linux aragorn 2.2.21 #1 Thu Aug 8 13:53:32 CEST 2002 i586
Locale: LANG=ca_ES.ISO-8859-1, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES.ISO-8859-1
Versions of packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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From: GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>
To: Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>
Cc: GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>, 158497-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#158497: _PATH_*PATH variables in <paths.h> don't conform to debian standards
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At Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:22:28 +0100,
Robert Millan wrote:
> > _PATH_STDPATH is derived from BSD. I guess in past there have been
> > occured by some reason, but it's obsolete and only there for
> > historical purpose.
>
> then there's a problem, because GNU coreutils uses it. what is the correct
> way now to obtain the default system path, for root and for user?
GNU coreutils 4.5.9 uses _PATH_STDPATH no longer.
> if coreutils can be fixed then it's ok for me to close this bug.
OK, I close this bug.
Regards,
-- gotom
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