Andrew Haley writes:
On 06/22/2012 01:19 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Andrew Haley writes: > >> > Why not take /bin and /sbin out of the default path *and* make sure >> > that RPM knows about /bin/* ? > I would expect that changing rpm will be a long, tedious process. Which is > understandable. > > But changing the default PATH that's compiled into bash should be a simpler > change to push through; I see very low risk of any breakage or regressions; > and it will probably solve a great majority of the resulting foobarage that > cascades downstream into rpm-land. > > Making rpm a bit smarter is certainly a correct fix, but something else can> also be done relatively quickly to take care of most of the current fallout.Well, yeah. But the Law of unintended consequences applies, so we must be careful. I don't think that people expected symlinking /usr/bin to /bin to be risky either.
Errr… Wait. Then UsrMove script that ran when I upgraded F16 to F17 symlinked /bin → usr/bin
If new F17 installs have /usr/bin → /bin, then this is an even bigger clusterfrak. If that's the case, bash should be left alone, as doing that is going to break all the new installs.
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