On 21-Jun-00, 13:17 (CDT), Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brock Rozen suggested that init.d scripts should have explicit
PATH=... settings. No-one commented on the idea.
As I recall, there was a lot of discussion...although maybe it occurred
in -devel before Brock formally proposed
Brock Rozen suggested that init.d scripts should have explicit
PATH=... settings. No-one commented on the idea.
In general, all programs which make assumptions about PATH containing
more that /bin and /usr/bin should probably explicitly set PATH; this
problem is not exclusive to /etc/init.d
On Wed, 21 June 2000 19:17:21 +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
Brock Rozen suggested that init.d scripts should have explicit
PATH=... settings. No-one commented on the idea.
I had the problem when once I wrote a script that was
calling /etc/init.d/sysklogd which called start-stop-daemon.
Now
I still think that we should put the basics in, according to the original
proposal.
Nonetheless, if people don't like the proposal then what can I do? ;-)
If that's the case, then yeah, it should go into that doco.
BR
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 at 19:17, Julian Gilbey wrote about Bug#36151:...:
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 at 18:41, Alexander Koch wrote about Re: Bug#36151:...:
I do not think this is how it is meant to be, given that
/sbin/ is probably not in the typical user PATH setting for
a reason. And it is not the default anyway.
You're right. But the typical user doesn't run scripts
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