Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:16:07 -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: <1093569367.52855.9.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <AB28C23E-F77D-11D8-91E7-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com>
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On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 12:33, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> 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?
Perhaps in the pkg_{add,delete} stage, the pointyhat path could be
appended to the user's current path. Then, it would be up to them to
establish a proper path. The fallback would be to use the path that
porters must rely on when package building.
Joe
> -Oliver
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