[arch-dev-public] [RFC] new default PATH
Hi guys,
When updating our default PATH in /etc/profile due to the usrmerge I noticed it is not consistent with the system-wide PATH set by PID1.
systemd sets:
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
which for us is equivalent to
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin"
but profile used to set:
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
which for us is equivalent to
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
For consistency I changed (in testing) the path set in /etc/profile to
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin"
Any objections?
Tom
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Tom Gundersen teg@jklm.no wrote:
Hi guys,
When updating our default PATH in /etc/profile due to the usrmerge I noticed it is not consistent with the system-wide PATH set by PID1.
systemd sets:
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
which for us is equivalent to
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin"
but profile used to set:
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
which for us is equivalent to
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
For consistency I changed (in testing) the path set in /etc/profile to
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin"
Any objections?
Tom
No, this is definitely the right thing to do. Having /usr/local/sbin after /usr/bin wouldn't override binaries correctly.
On 05/31/2013 04:04 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
Hi guys,
When updating our default PATH in /etc/profile due to the usrmerge I noticed it is not consistent with the system-wide PATH set by PID1.
systemd sets:
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
which for us is equivalent to
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin"
but profile used to set:
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
which for us is equivalent to
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
For consistency I changed (in testing) the path set in /etc/profile to
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin"
Any objections?
Tom
will be made the symlink for sbin -> bin for /usr/local ?
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi vmlinuz386@yahoo.com.ar wrote:
On 05/31/2013 04:04 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
Hi guys,
When updating our default PATH in /etc/profile due to the usrmerge I noticed it is not consistent with the system-wide PATH set by PID1.
systemd sets:
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
which for us is equivalent to
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin"
but profile used to set:
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
which for us is equivalent to
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
For consistency I changed (in testing) the path set in /etc/profile to
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin"
Any objections?
Tom
will be made the symlink for sbin -> bin for /usr/local ?
I think we should eventually, but we are not doing it at the moment (and a few people object to it). My plan was to write an RFC for that once the current transition has finished.
-t
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Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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Jan Alexander Steffens
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Tom Gundersen