Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 01:34:00 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add main.c Message-ID: <37239858.A427E4FD@FreeBSD.org> References: <200104251911.f3PJBAv31212@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
"David E. O'Brien" wrote: > obrien 2001/04/25 12:11:09 PDT > > Modified files: > usr.sbin/pkg_install/add main.c > Log: > Add /usr/X11R6/bin to the exported PATH. If /usr/local/bin is there, > /usr/X11R6/bin should be there. This helps all the ports that need to > run `mkfontdir' and error out as many port maintainers do not realize > `mkfontdir' isn't in the path. Please note that /usr/local/bin was added into exported PATH for entirely different purposes. In some cases it might be necessary for tar(1) to find bzip2(1) command when working with bzip2-compressed packages. IMO, addition of the /usr/X11R6/bin into there serves no useful purpose, and could be ever harmful as it will encourage bad porting practices. It would be better to fix the real source of the problem, especially considering that the not PATH-clean ports could be easily identified by greping PLISTS in the ports collection using standard tools. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?37239858.A427E4FD>