Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 22:47:46 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: asami@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/1643: Support for NetBSD in bsd.port.mk Message-ID: <199609201247.WAA16173@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> * + .if (${OPSYS} == "NetBSD")
> * + MD5?= /usr/bin/md5
> * + .else
> * MD5?= /sbin/md5
> * + .endif
>
> Ok....
Not so OK. We originally used plain `md5', but changed it because people
might not have /sbin in $PATH. md5 is in /sbin because it might be useful
for checking security before mounting /usr. I don't like having absolute
paths anywhere in the build.
Perhaps this should be handled in bsd.xxx.mk as follows:
.if !defined(USE_PATH_FROM_ENVIRONMENT)
PATH= /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin # trusted path
.export PATH # new `make' feature
.endif
Bruce
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