Subject: Re: installing 1.4.1
To: Gandhi woulda smacked you <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: D'Arcy" "J.M. <darcy@druid.druid.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 08/29/1999 22:06:35
Thus spake Gandhi woulda smacked you
> # Adding '.' to a $PATH is generally a bad idea. I think he needs to type
> # "sh ./install.md" instead.
>
> When installing/upgrading, you're typically in single-user mode anyway;
> what's the harm in having PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:.?
Oh I guess my response was a little knee jerk but I do think that it was
still important to let them know that this was a special case. Someone
might have read that and added '.' to their regular path thinking that
it was a good idea.
I guess the point has been made by now though.
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