Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:42:30 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusing error messages from shell image activation Message-ID: <20001210114230.E80274@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012101316160.97975-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>; from bandix@looksharp.net on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 01:18:51PM -0500 References: <20001210101012.A1488@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012101316160.97975-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 01:18:51PM -0500, Brandon D. Valentine wrote:
> My path under IRIX has to include:
> /usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:/usr/freeware/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bsd:/usr/etc:/usr/gfx
That is so bad considering the power it gives you? It only takes 2-3
lines in your dot files to check each dir and add it to your PATH if it
exists. For instance on Solaris boxes I install GNU bits into /usr/gnu.
Why? Because it gives you better control over what binaries you run --
remember GNU *utils replaces the systems native ones (ie, cp, rm, as,
shar, etc...). Thus one can put /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin as
their path and have any wrapper scripts take precedence over system bits,
but use the native system bits over the GNU ones if you are a
traditionalist.
This control is part of why it would be nice to have /usr/pkg separate
from /usr/local. I've given up on FreeBSD and had to create my own
/usr/treats to hold what should have been in /usr/local if the FreeBSD
Packages hadn't polluted it.
--
-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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