Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:01:41 +0100 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@freebsd.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 Message-ID: <38620115.A1696E0E@scc.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912231612390.21945-100000@alphplex.bde.org> <199912230549.VAA16362@apollo.backplane.com> <19991222235007.A74904@freebsd.org>
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"Andrey A. Chernov" wrote: > > I disagree - there are too many path locations floating around during > > a buildworld which might contain 'sysctl'. Absolute paths should be > > used across the board to be absolutely sure that the *correct* program > > is being run. Otherwise the confusion will only multiply. > > FYI: in my case absolute path _already_have_ /sbin but Makefile.inc1 explicitly > overwrite it! As explained in another posting: That's not the case. Makefile.inc1 only prepends to the PATH, which means that if /sbin isn't in the path *anywhere* in the build process, it's hasn't been there from the start (modulo bugs :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar mailto:marcel@scc.nl SCC Internetworking & Databases http://www.scc.nl/ The FreeBSD project mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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