From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 10 11:42:39 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 11:42:37 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8532437B401 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:42:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (Ipittythefoolthattrustsident@trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA53090; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:42:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBAJgZN81085; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:42:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:42:30 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: "Brandon D. Valentine" Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusing error messages from shell image activation Message-ID: <20001210114230.E80274@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20001210101012.A1488@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from bandix@looksharp.net on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 01:18:51PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: obrien@NUXI.com Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message