Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:12:44 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bad $PATH for X11 ports Message-ID: <20050117011244.GA89764@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050116234741.GK36629@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: <20050116225230.GI36629@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <20050116231254.GJ36629@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <41EAFB55.1090701@FreeBSD.org> <20050116234741.GK36629@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>
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--IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 12:47:41AM +0100, Jeremie Le Hen wrote: > > I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish. Are you proposing= =20 > > that the ports system look for programs outside of your $PATH? Why don'= t=20 > > you just add /usr/X11R6/bin to your $PATH? >=20 > Yes this is what I have done. But I wasn't sure about whether this > was a workaround or not : what I felt the most disturbing was that > the port framework didn't see the installed imake version and tried > to build another one. But with your answer, I assume this is a must > to have /usr/X11R6/bin in $PATH, even for the root user. I was a > little bit sceptical since I don't used to run X11 applications as root. The default user path includes this directory, and it is assumed that the user who changes this knows what they are doing. Summary: don't do that. Kris --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB6xEMWry0BWjoQKURAkDbAKC5GmBR4Fk/CQyyL5gsYyB302FnqgCg8yXD AsmOkjSv9HE6Gl3ux5o6cuU= =9mnJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--
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