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Date:      Mon, 25 Mar 2002 01:05:14 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net>
To:        FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: mergemaster mtree:No such file or directory
Message-ID:  <20020325010337.G78210-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020324163351.A73171@greed.zenspider.com>

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On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Ryan Davis wrote:

> [...snip...]
>
> I've seen weird cases lately where the solution to some poor fool's
> port building problem is "Take '.' out of your path". That's just
> NOT going to help us increase the usability of our favorite OS, is
> it?

    Having "." in your PATH is a security risk.  I don't have any
problem making life difficult for people who have "." in their PATH.

-- 
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer                   (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.


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