On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 19:02 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 03:36 +0200, Bernardo Innocenti wrote: > > Michael A. Peters wrote: > > > > >> * Actually I'm not even sure regular $PATH includes /usr/local/bin, but > > >> maybe that was some other distro ... > > > > > > /usr/local/bin is in my path - if a distro does not include it, it is > > > imho a bug. > > > > It's there, but it comes after /bin and /usr/bin, making it > > useless for people who install replacement versions of vendor > > packages. > > It should come after /bin and /usr/bin - system installed administration > scripts may expect behavior specific to the version installed with the > system. > > A user can re-arrange the path if they need to - or create an alias if > they need to (probably better). > Actually, isn't the default regular user PATH variable hard coded in to /bin/bash? And, I believe it is set to "/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin", at least on FC4, it is. Then the scripts modify/replace that..... --Rob -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
