On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:17:54PM -0500, Kyle McDonald wrote: > Nicolas Williams wrote: > >The problem with *PATH is that it's too difficult to use. Wanna change > >it? First you need to know what shell you're using, then you need to > >edit the right dot files. That's insane -- try building a GUI around > >that. Sure, JDS/GNOME could have a different authoritative location of > >*PATH configuration and the stock dot files could preserve whatever > >*PATH are set by the GUI environment, but when logging in without a GUI > >you lose, or if you edit your dot files and do the wrong thing, you > >lose. > > > Why have an additional place? You lost me there. > > I'm all for updating the *default* path to include this stuf, so that > the 'average' user doesn't have to go looking. > I'm just against taking this tool (and it is a tool) away from the > developers and users who know how to use it.
If we can provide enough of an environment in /usr/bin that having it in your PATH (and you generally would, no matter what you did with your dot files) gets you a fairly complete environment, then that reduces the need for complex PATH management. Nico --
