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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-November/019931.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-November/019931.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f517b1d71 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-November/019931.html @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] default $PATH after UsrMove + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20default%20%24PATH%20after%20UsrMove&In-Reply-To=%3C509FE898.4090400%40free.fr%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="019953.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="019950.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] default $PATH after UsrMove</H1> + <B>Luc Menut</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20default%20%24PATH%20after%20UsrMove&In-Reply-To=%3C509FE898.4090400%40free.fr%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] default $PATH after UsrMove">lmenut at free.fr + </A><BR> + <I>Sun Nov 11 19:04:08 CET 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019953.html">[Mageia-dev] Small project for a Python programmer +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019950.html">[Mageia-dev] default $PATH after UsrMove +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19931">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19931">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19931">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19931">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Hi, + +After UsrMove, /bin and /sbin are symlinks to /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. +For the moment, the default $PATH in cauldron is still /bin:/usr/bin:... +for normal users, and /sbin:/usr/sbin/... for root, so that 'which +a-binary' report that all /usr/[s]bin/... binaries are located in /bin +or /sbin instead. +(some discussions about this on fedora devel mailing list [1]). + +While it is not optimal to prefer the indirect path via symlink instead +of the direct /usr/[s]bin/ path, it can trigger weird bugs difficult to +detect, when there is automatic prefix detection based on the location +of a binary (either at buildtime or at runtime). +eg. bug #7119 is due to an incorrect detection of the X11 prefix at +buildtime; it is detected as "/" instead of "/usr", so that +systemsettings searchs evdev.xml at "/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml" +instead of "/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml". +It seems to introduce non-optimal path for interpreter program in +shebang line for some perl or python scripts [1]. + +So, we should probably drop /bin and /sbin from all search paths, in +shadow-utils (/etc/login.defs), util-linux ("/bin/su - " doesn't use +/etc/login.defs), openssh, ... + +I think that we should drop these dirs from our defaults $PATH, before a +future mass rebuild. + +WDYT? + + + +Regards, +Luc + + +[1] from Fedora +<A HREF="http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-February/162720.html">http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-February/162720.html</A> +<A HREF="http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-September/171559.html">http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-September/171559.html</A> +<A HREF="http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-October/173220.html">http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-October/173220.html</A> +<A HREF="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=797557">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=797557</A> + +[2] on my system, grep "#\!/bin/perl" /usr/bin/* +/usr/bin/aclocal:#!/bin/perl -w +/usr/bin/aclocal-1.12:#!/bin/perl -w +/usr/bin/aclocal-1.8:#!/bin/perl -w +/usr/bin/aclocal-1.9:#!/bin/perl -w +/usr/bin/automake:#!/bin/perl -w +/usr/bin/automake-1.12:#!/bin/perl -w +/usr/bin/automake-1.8:#!/bin/perl -w +/usr/bin/automake-1.9:#!/bin/perl -w +/usr/bin/c_rehash:#!/bin/perl5 +/usr/bin/diffpp:#!/bin/perl +/usr/bin/gdialog:#!/bin/perl +/usr/bin/sliceprint:#!/bin/perl +/usr/bin/xscreensaver-getimage-file:#!/bin/perl5 -w +/usr/bin/xscreensaver-getimage-video:#!/bin/perl5 -w +/usr/bin/xscreensaver-text:#!/bin/perl5 -w + +grep "#\!/bin/python" /usr/bin/* +/usr/bin/bzr:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/cheetah:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/cheetah-analyze:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/cheetah-compile:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/django-admin.py:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/easy_install:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/easy_install-2.7:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/mako-render:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/manhole:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/mgarepo:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/ndiff:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/pyhtmlizer:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/tap2deb:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/tap2rpm:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/tapconvert:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/trial:#!/bin/python +/usr/bin/twistd:#!/bin/python +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019953.html">[Mageia-dev] Small project for a Python programmer +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019950.html">[Mageia-dev] default $PATH after UsrMove +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19931">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19931">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19931">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19931">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |