Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:01:49 -0600 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: PATH: /usr/local before or after /usr ? Message-ID: <CAOtMX2g3G0nFCXGoWo14d1iwOisBUBAom6=v_gTHfJOoT3mJdw@mail.gmail.com>
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--0000000000009b4a3105c73edeb2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" FreeBSD has always placed /usr/local/X after /usr/X in the default PATH. AFAICT that convention began with SVN revision 37 "Initial import of 386BSD 0.1 othersrc/etc". Why is that? It would make sense to me that /usr/local/X should come first. That way programs installed from ports can override FreeBSD's defaults. Is there a good reason for this convention, or is it just inertia? -Alan --0000000000009b4a3105c73edeb2--
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