Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 07:55:40 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: gordon@sneaky.lonestar.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: bin/598: csh 'imported path' warning makes it unusable with vi Message-ID: <199507070555.HAA12888@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199507070130.SAA11879@freefall.cdrom.com> from "gordon@sneaky.lonestar.org" at Jul 6, 95 06:30:01 pm
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As gordon@sneaky.lonestar.org wrote: > > > While csh's warning 'warning: imported path contains > relative components' is accurate (when you su to root > and inherit a path containing '.' as the last component, > and yes, I'll grant this has security problems, but many > package makefiles won't work without it, and you have to be > root to install), it cripples use of vi due to the message > getting into filename expansions and edit buffers. Not sure what other people think about it, but i'd rather suggest fixing the makefiles and removing the trailing dot from the path. The only way to force people to avoid certain things is to annoy them (see gets()). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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