Re: Scripts PROPOSAL
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> > If we do this we must provide a good rational, because there's a lot we
> > currently trust about the environment and this would be a change from
> > existing practice.
Brock Rozen <brozen@torah.org> wrote:
> Well, because we're not setting up anything standard except for the root
> user.
This isn't true. For example I think we're guaranteed that /usr/bin
and /bin are always in the path.
> /etc/environment just doesn't exist
Rather, it doesn't have the purpose that some people might think
> > [For example, take a look at how many scripts set IFS.]
>
> Could you give me an example of one please? I couldn't find any in my
> /etc/init.d/ directory
Exactly.
Which means we're trusting the value of IFS to be sane.
--
Raul
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