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

[Josip Rodin <joy@gkvk.hr>]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 10:51:27AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>  Josip> Notice "or some other nice English word"... when the admin
>  Josip> puts binaries in a $PATH, they need to be aware of the
>  Josip> consequences. If they put something in a place where it can
>  Josip> replace a Debian binary, how do we know it's intentional or
>  Josip> not? If we assume it's unintentional, our scripts need to
>  Josip> hardcode paths, which makes moving stuff tedious. If we assume
>  Josip> it's intentional, we risk admins having a taste of their own
>  Josip> medicine. I'd pick the former.
> 
> 	You reversed the order from the sentence:
>   "how do we know it's intentional or not?"
>         and the rest of the explanation, so it is hard to know which
>  one option you prefer (at least, I am fairly unclear).

Oh, right, sorry :) I'd pick the option where we should assume it's
intentional and not hardcode our paths.

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