Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:24:15 -0400 From: Cameron Katri via freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PATH: /usr/local before or after /usr ? Message-ID: <20210716162415.iiidcsyybac2xttw@FreeBSDY540> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2goig40oef3XEcM=Pu5-9tF4iwDVbTxA=FvYVaaFk0L3A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOtMX2g3G0nFCXGoWo14d1iwOisBUBAom6=v_gTHfJOoT3mJdw@mail.gmail.com> <20210716155004.d2qiciqkipmegs3j@FreeBSDY540> <CAOtMX2goig40oef3XEcM=Pu5-9tF4iwDVbTxA=FvYVaaFk0L3A@mail.gmail.com>
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--7jfqedueicoavsqu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 10:11:41AM -0600, Alan Somers wrote: > Ugh, that's a good example. I was thinking more about interactive > programs, like say /usr/bin/vi vs editors/vim. Hypothetically how would > one solve the conflict if /usr/local/bin came before /usr/bin ? Install > binutils's binaries to /usr/local/libexec/binutils/ ? But a lot of ports > depend on binutils. That would be a ton of ports to update. >=20 > BTW my motivation for this thread is a new replacement for gstat that I'm > working on. I would like to name it "gstat", but if /usr/sbin must come > before /usr/local/sbin, then that won't be a very helpful name. > -Alan Or, you could give it a different name, install it to ~/.local/bin or probably the best option, `alias gstat=3D'/usr/local/sbin/gstat'`. But imo setting /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin will cause countless more problems than any issue it solves. - Cameron --=20 Cameron Katri Email: me@cameronkatri.com PGP Fingerprint: 7D3B36CEA40FCC2181FB6DCDBAFFD97826540F1C --7jfqedueicoavsqu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCAAdFiEEfTs2zqQPzCGB+23Nuv/ZeCZUDxwFAmDxsq8ACgkQuv/ZeCZU DxyEAgf+LdZ/2gzyeBOpRHhfhiG+5Ijy48iaDeMLgmEs3pjMIRzgDNX/nupZ/cao UGbuKvrhLat0V2kMjZ2bRU739Z/KmJk84y/DoYC/Co5OYgyY0NwUXC8effmN2zrw fS4Q9khVOIS1061MwHPN2yVHLPJI8gKMbsCvaR4/JiYeMdxsbcpqKuyGeRROtywt ITcMDleF4kTiBUyZMfYbBkw4TCEukNAL5C85DtLNKtMZMAn7KFWN08wnzeBGFAa7 jM0XPELSXh/49T60FM6xM+BKQZiQQczurmp0QyZ++VDYJVM+vfT032sSROWcTXLf ahMWYXAuMCIGp4iBspdHNwMu+JHS2g== =sP/K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7jfqedueicoavsqu--
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