From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 30 8:11:50 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A438D37B401 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:11:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 675C943F75 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:11:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b042.otenet.gr [195.167.121.170]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0UGBiVq012574; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:11:46 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0UGBh6R088841; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:11:43 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0UGBhMb088835; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:11:43 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:11:43 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Roger Merritt Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Adding /usr/X11R6/bin to the /etc/rc PATH (was: Re: Why no /dev/one?) Message-ID: <20030130161143.GD51238@gothmog.gr> References: <3E38E15C.7080302@pantherdragon.org> <5.2.0.9.0.20030130172117.00a09990@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030130172117.00a09990@127.0.0.1> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2003-01-30 17:22, Roger Merritt wrote: > As I've asked in a separate question to the list, would adding > /usr/X11R6/bin to the PATH statement in /etc/rc be a Bad Idea (tm)? Yes, it would be a bad idea. Is there need for anything under /usr/X11R6/bin while booting the system? If there isn't, then adding a path in /etc/rc that might conflict with real executables and possibly hide problems if a program happens to have the same name with something under the current PATH but works differently, is a bad idea and a bug waiting to happen. BTW: Please don't hijack irrelevant threads and ask something that is not related to the original topic without changing the subject. It makes it difficult to sort through the original thread in most mailers. Regards, - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message