On 07/27/2011 12:20 PM, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 27/07/11 10:47, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: >> 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. > > Quite. This is creeping featuritis at best, especially given that XDG > doesn't even mention ~/.local/bin . I really hate the idea that there > is now a hidden user-writeable dir in my PATH. ACK. The whole idea of a manipulating a users' private dirs is absurd. Ralf -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
