Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 19:04:44 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: ache@nagual.pp.ru (=?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?=) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, peter@netplex.com.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lorder problem: aout vs. elf Message-ID: <199806050904.TAA00163@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19980605125523.A28805@nagual.pp.ru> from "[______ ______]" at "Jun 5, 98 12:55:23 pm"
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[______ ______] wrote:
> Even if this lines will be deleted, there is no /usr/libexec/aout in the
> default PATH anycase, only /usr/bin is there. It means that users can't
> call f.e. 'size' or 'strings' now. Since default PATH is hardcoded as
> #define in paths.h, no simple changes possible (in some cases login.conf
> or csh.cshrc PATH settings tricks are not desired).
NetBSD uses scripts that use ${NM} and have
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
export PATH
as a fallback in case NM doesn't evaluate to anything sensible.
This style allows the build process to define which nm it needs.
This could be applied to ports too.
--
John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137
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