Bug#880992: debian-policy should not recommend running editor using absolute path

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Control: tags -1 patch

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> If read strictly, this says that I must use "/usr/bin/editor" instead of
> invoking "editor" from the $PATH.  (I'm not sure I agree with that
> interpretation, but it came up in https://bugs.debian.org/682347.)
> Running "editor" from the $PATH instead of using that full path should
> be perfectly acceptable and IMHO is a better behavior, since it allows
> the user to put a custom editor in /usr/local/bin or $HOME/bin.

> Could this say something like

> 	not set, the commands "editor" and "pager" should be used,
> 	respectively. These commands can be invoked explicitly (e.g.
> 	as /usr/bin/editor), or through a $PATH search (e.g. as
> 	editor).

> ?

This wording seems fine to me.  Seconded.  (I volunteer to turn this into
a Git change if it gets enough seconds.)

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>