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Re: RFD: Essential packages, /, and /usr



On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:11:00AM -0400, Clint Adams wrote:
> > What if the user puts "tripwire" or some other nice English word in the
> > path, not knowing this is also a command in Debian? It's really hard to
> > account for any of these weird scenarios...
> 
> What if?  I also wouldn't expect, nor want, to have Debian package scripts
> trying to execute some random tripwire program.

Notice "or some other nice English word"... when the admin puts binaries in
a $PATH, they need to be aware of the consequences. If they put something in
a place where it can replace a Debian binary, how do we know it's
intentional or not? If we assume it's unintentional, our scripts need to
hardcode paths, which makes moving stuff tedious. If we assume it's
intentional, we risk admins having a taste of their own medicine. I'd pick
the former.

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