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Date:      Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:13:04 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com>
Cc:        portmgr@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/64342: Assumed content of PATH is not defined in Porter's Handbook
Message-ID:  <1093536783.724.0.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <6BCED37A-F72F-11D8-91E7-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com>
References:  <6BCED37A-F72F-11D8-91E7-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com>

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On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 03:13, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>=20
> > I think it's fair to assume that PATH will be (as it pertains to
> > @[un]exec commands, post-install commands, etc.):
> >
> > /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6=
/bin
> >
> > This is what it is set to during package builds on pointyhat, and is a
> > reasonable default.
>=20
> PATH is a strange beast, since pkg_add(1) sets it to
>=20
>    /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>=20
> for pkg_req, pkg_install and @exec. pkg_delete(1) just inherits the PATH=20
> given in the environment.

I think this should be changed to use the PATH on pointyhat.  I don't
see any reason why /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin shouldn't be in there.

Joe

> -Oliver
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