more predictable package installations

2013-12-28 Thread Marc Espie 
I'm thinking I'd like to impose a PATH for running @exec/@unexec
style lines in packing-lists.

Some people have their default path ignoring /usr/local, which is just
fine, but the packages expect things to run in a correct way, so currently
any local command requires /usr/local/bin/cmd to be run (and does that).

setting PATH explicitly to
/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:${LOCALBASE}/bin:${LOCALBASE}/sbin
before running @exec/@unexec would allow for reproducibility in package 
installations, and simplify some of the command lines.

Re: more predictable package installations

2013-12-28 Thread Philip Guenther 
On Saturday, December 28, 2013, Marc Espie wrote:

 I'm thinking I'd like to impose a PATH for running @exec/@unexec
 style lines in packing-lists.

...

 setting PATH explicitly to

 /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:${LOCALBASE}/bin:${LOCALBASE}/sbin
 before running @exec/@unexec would allow for reproducibility in package
 installations, and simplify some of the command lines.


I completely agree.

Philip Guenther

Re: more predictable package installations

2013-12-28 Thread Mark Kettenis 
 Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 22:37:52 +0100
 From: Marc Espie es...@nerim.net
 Reply-To: es...@nerim.net
 
 I'm thinking I'd like to impose a PATH for running @exec/@unexec
 style lines in packing-lists.
 
 Some people have their default path ignoring /usr/local, which is just
 fine, but the packages expect things to run in a correct way, so currently
 any local command requires /usr/local/bin/cmd to be run (and does that).
 
 setting PATH explicitly to
 /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:${LOCALBASE}/bin:${LOCALBASE}/sbin
 before running @exec/@unexec would allow for reproducibility in package 
 installations, and simplify some of the command lines.

Sounds completely reasonable.

Re: more predictable package installations

2013-12-28 Thread Vadim Zhukov 
2013/12/29 Mark Kettenis mark.kette...@xs4all.nl:
 Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 22:37:52 +0100
 From: Marc Espie es...@nerim.net
 Reply-To: es...@nerim.net

 I'm thinking I'd like to impose a PATH for running @exec/@unexec
 style lines in packing-lists.

 Some people have their default path ignoring /usr/local, which is just
 fine, but the packages expect things to run in a correct way, so currently
 any local command requires /usr/local/bin/cmd to be run (and does that).

 setting PATH explicitly to
 /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:${LOCALBASE}/bin:${LOCALBASE}/sbin
 before running @exec/@unexec would allow for reproducibility in package
 installations, and simplify some of the command lines.

 Sounds completely reasonable.

+1 here.

--
  WBR,
  Vadim Zhukov