Jakub Wilk writes ("Re: assumptions about the build environment."):
> More questions about build env assumptions:

My answers:

> Can you assume that /sbin and /usr/sbin are within PATH?

No.  Package builds are supposed to be done as the user; the rootness
of the "install" target is just for file permissions and doesn't mean
it should be using admin tools.

> Can you assume that the SHELL environment variable (_not_ the makefile 
> variable) is set to something ยง10.4-compliant?

No.  SHELL might refer to ksh, csh or even emacs.

Ian.


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