Re: bin/55477: The rationale of /etc/pkgpath.conf is unclear and undocumented

[Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/55477; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/55477: The rationale of /etc/pkgpath.conf is unclear and
 undocumented
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:26:23 +0300

 On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 13:10:00 +0000, jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost wrote:
 
 > I don't understand the purpose of the following trivial definitions:
 > 
 >   pkg_admin=/usr/sbin/pkg_admin
 >   pkg_info=/usr/sbin/pkg_info
 > 
 > If these are really needed, why not use which(1) or something alike?
 
 See security/36746, misc/47645 (as the commit log mentiones)
 
 -uwe