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> References: <AB28C23E-F77D-11D8-91E7-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com>
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--=-29UjSFXzPthwiOuGYymx Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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/X11= R6/ > >>> 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=20 > >> 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= . >=20 > This will cut /usr/games from the PATH in pkg_delete(1), but the only=20 > issue I can see there is the use random(6). Ok, I'll set the PATh as=20 > mentioned above in pkg_{add,delete} and MFC the change. >=20 > 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 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-29UjSFXzPthwiOuGYymx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBLotXb2iPiv4Uz4cRAjNwAKCgbxMaH2/+VdpLyvD/Qd+6C8MBWwCfRsMW oLpVuLpMXXNAdQpaGZQJcdU= =WMWl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-29UjSFXzPthwiOuGYymx--
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