Steve Greenland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 22-Mar-00, 15:59 (CST), Jacob Kuntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i think this tread started with someone wanting the sbin directories in the > > normal user's path by default. i see your point that moving those binaries > > would break a lot of scripts. i don't think appending to the default path > > would break anything. anyone have a problem with that? > > We discussed (and argued and flamed and ...) that to death. The > objection is mostly due to potential confusion (there are a lot more > potential targets for command completion, and most of them are *not* > what the user is looking for) and inertia, and the expectation that a > user who finds value in use of traceroute or ifconfig or whatever is > also a user who is capable of modifying their path.
finnally! a valid argument! i submit. > > sg > > -- > Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read > every list I post to.) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- (jacob kuntz) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED],underworld}.net (megabite systems) "think free speech, not free beer."
