Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:21:46 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: jamesh@lanl.gov Cc: Steve Franks <stevefranks@ieee.org>, Erik Osterholm <freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: home dir executable (!/bin/sh, chmod+x) shell scripts won't run without "sh <script>" Message-ID: <18306.28090.6757.694545@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <1199725330.26459.7.camel@p25dual1.lanl.gov> References: <539c60b90801070752l3d0e571cq8f7b1b519e1e808c@mail.gmail.com> <5D884B59-3CEF-4F81-B35D-4E54F5D6301C@gmail.com> <539c60b90801070813h537451e8q9264897bc9404260@mail.gmail.com> <20080107165047.GA12249@aleph.cepheid.org> <1199725330.26459.7.camel@p25dual1.lanl.gov>
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James Harrison writes: > One example that comes to mind is the CUPS port. It installs its > own version of the lpr binary in /usr/local/bin. However, there's > also an instance of lpr, the BSD version, in /usr/bin. So how do > you make sure you're using the CUPS version of the binary? > > The recommended way is a simple path edit, so that /usr/local/bin > appears before /usr/bin in the path. This way, your OS will use > the /usr/local/bin/lpr binary, leaving the system one untouched > and, if you ever want to revert to the system one you can simply > switch the path again. You can also accomplish a similar thing > with symlinks, but this is one useful idea for using the path. There's another way, though one with implications - add: CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE= "yes" to /etc/make.conf. Robert Huff
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