On 03/22/10 10:03 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Darren Reed wrote:
>
>> What the default path, in /etc/default and elsewhere, really
>> impact are things like:
>> - install scripts (that don't use ~/.foo)
>> - how scripts run remotely when ~/.foo isn't read
>> - at/cron jobs
>> - other uses of $SHELL where ~/.foo isn't read
>>
> And notably, that path hasn't changed. The /usr/gnu/bin change
> was only in the default .profile installed in new user accounts.
>
>
This has its own problems... having the GNU path be used by new users,
is going to cause problems when those same users get a totally different
set of tools when they issue cronjobs or at jobs.
I've commented in PSARC 2010/067. Lets take the discussion there please.
- Garrett
