From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: Does git belong in root's $PATH? Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:37:41 +0100 Message-ID: <43C05ED5.1090603@op5.se> References: <43C0025A.9080406@op5.se> <43C02725.2020702@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: walt , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jan 08 01:37:57 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EvOZ8-0007Yd-6k for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:37:46 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161101AbWAHAho (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:37:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161102AbWAHAho (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:37:44 -0500 Received: from linux-server1.op5.se ([193.201.96.2]:26754 "EHLO smtp-gw1.op5.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161101AbWAHAhn (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:37:43 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.19] (1-2-9-7a.gkp.gbg.bostream.se [82.182.116.44]) by smtp-gw1.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E2DD6BCBE; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 01:37:42 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: "H. Peter Anvin" In-Reply-To: <43C02725.2020702@zytor.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Andreas Ericsson wrote: > >> >> Not including /usr/local/{bin,sbin} in root's path is considered wise, >> since, historically, that's where users would install their own >> versions of programs that the system doesn't provide. This use has >> largely been obsoleted by $HOME/bin as the default for user-specific >> programs, mainly because of disks getting larger and cheaper. >> > > Hmmm... I think that was /usr/bin (hence the eventual migration of the > meaning of /usr from what was originally the equivalent of /home.) > I've been told that it's '/usr' simply because that's where user interface tools that have nothing to do with boot-strapping resides. A point emphasized by the fact that /bin, /sbin and /lib must not reside on network-mounted media, while /usr may. It seems so logical I never bothered to look in to find out for myself though, so I may well be wrong, or at least younger. ;) -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231