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Date:      Sun, 5 Aug 2018 00:59:30 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
To:        Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, Chris Rees <crees@bayofrum.net>
Cc:        Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net>, freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Delete a port
Message-ID:  <5B65E982.90103@grosbein.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgnN_DcRerExsaBhvU7LQuSDa1nDha7Li4mPL5FoCO%2BnNQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <a48a6cd2-e088-618a-61e6-909f71ce8ba5@fechner.net> <20180804140317.GA22029@blogreen.org> <5B65B4FB.70103@grosbein.net> <30EF106C-0794-4A24-918E-FE3132F8A632@bayofrum.net> <CAF6rxgnN_DcRerExsaBhvU7LQuSDa1nDha7Li4mPL5FoCO%2BnNQ@mail.gmail.com>

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05.08.2018 0:42, Eitan Adler wrote:

>> Feel free to commit, but please use the  absolute path to vi?
> 
> Why? Would't one want to respect the user's preference when it comes
> to an editor? This preference is implicit when it comes to PATH.

This is traditional overcautiousness against user's possibly insecure
PATH having current directory that can lead to running malignant /tmp/vi
in multiuser environment.

Eugene




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