Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:33:32 +0200 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: portmgr@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/64342: Assumed content of PATH is not defined in Porter's Handbook Message-ID: <AB28C23E-F77D-11D8-91E7-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <1093536783.724.0.camel@gyros>
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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 03:13, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
>> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> PATH is a strange beast, since pkg_add(1) sets it to
>>
>> /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>>
>> for pkg_req, pkg_install and @exec. pkg_delete(1) just inherits the
>> PATH
>> 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.
This will cut /usr/games from the PATH in pkg_delete(1), but the only
issue I can see there is the use random(6). Ok, I'll set the PATh as
mentioned above in pkg_{add,delete} and MFC the change.
Any objections, or should I include PKG_PREFIX somehow?
-Oliver
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