Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 15:07:23 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: David Nugent <davidn@sdev.blaze.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Quick Question Message-ID: <324199EB.3CDF@ime.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960920033344.4756E-100000@sdev.blaze.net.au>
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David Nugent wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote: > > >Sorry I don't buy this LAZY admin stuff!! > > Nor do I. > > >We all get busy (in a hurry) and forget the little things! > >Having to type ./ to execute a currentdir prog makes you > >stop and think! > > > >IMHO lazy people have '.' in thier path! > > What's more annoying is building a program with a Makefile that > assumes that '.' is in the path. If you come across such insanity > - even if the program is not intended to be built by root - then > send a note to the author/maintainer pointing it out. > If I saw that I would just assume that the whole program is written with as much laziness and dump it! Wouldn't even attempt to do anything with it including telling the author that thier methods are lame and lazy! > I should also mention that browsing a Makefile and any scripts > used by it is Good Practice. And, of course, noone actually runs > make for anything but an "install" as root, do they? :-) (Ok, so > a make world on FreeBSD is different - so shoot me :)). > Definatly a good idea, If for no other reason then knowledge! -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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