On 06/15/2018 07:30 AM, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:
Nevertheless still no one answered on very simple question. So I'll repeat it:
Why Fedora_must_ offer OOTB ~/.local/bin, /usr/local{s,}bin paths on
the front of the $PATH in OOTB settings?
The churn in some software (javascript, python, ...) is such that the
system-provided executables do not work and must be overridden from
private PATH locations. This is acute enough that users of npm, conda
etc. demand the front-of-PATH locations, to make sure they can override
the system-provided executables.
I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand, I agree that this is NOT
a serious security issue (it's essentially a local compromise requiring
an existing local compromise), so if someone claims it'll make their
life easier, I want to say 'just do it'.
On the other hand, I am uneasy about the whole thing: the PATH ordering
only matters for system-provided software, so we're essentially either
acknowledging that we can't keep up with a decently updated
distribution, or accommodating a very small group that needs cutting
edge stuff that is not relevant to the vast majority of users.
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