Re: sh(1) and ksh(1) default PATH

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 08:59:13AM +0200, tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost wrote:
 > But the argument "if something is modified, that"s the problem of the
 > user" can be reversed: NetBSD provides utilities whose
 > functionnalities it relies upon. So, by default, the system should use
 > its utilities, the ones it has been tested with and expects. So base
 > should always come first by default; user can modify this but in this
 > case, he is on is own. The system is provided without anything in
 > /usr/local/ so placing something in /usr/local is modifying the
 > system. So for the core to still function, it has to be designed to
 > ignore whatever is in /usr/local for its core functionnalities.

Except that the whole reason for installing e.g. bind or sendmail from
pkgsrc is to replace the corresponding functionality in base.

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David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost