On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:02:14PM -0700, Josh Stone wrote: > On 07/26/2011 09:49 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 08:45:11AM -0430, Robert Marcano wrote: > >> In /etc/skel/.bash_profile they are added to the end and I think that is ok > >> > >> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin > > > > This was added between bash-4.2.10 -2 and -3: > > > > http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=bash.git;a=commitdiff;h=02b20d810111e8b53bb98ad49fedd1d583ce62e1 > > > > because of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699812 > > > > There is some rationale in that bug, but I think it's extremely bogus. > > bogus because... ? Bogus because this is the first I've heard of ~/.local/bin, speaking as a Unix user since long before Linux existed. It shouldn't be changed mid-way through Fedora 15. It shouldn't be changed without serious discussion, instead of on the basis of a single comment in a BZ. What are the security implications of having a hidden path containing binaries? > I for one find it useful since e.g. "python setup.py install --user" > puts things in ~/.local/{bin,lib,etc}/ You personally can add ~/.local/bin to your PATH if you want to. And that's fine because you're not silently getting a hidden path to binaries added that you don't know about. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones New in Fedora 11: Fedora Windows cross-compiler. Compile Windows programs, test, and build Windows installers. Over 70 libraries supprt'd http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MinGW http://www.annexia.org/fedora_mingw -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
