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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 22:47:46 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: asami@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/1643: Support for NetBSD in bsd.port.mk
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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