On 22 Mar 2006, at 15:00 , Rod Buchanan wrote:
One "gotcha" I've run into is that some OS X updates will replace
his binaries in /usr/bin with Apple's.
No third party should be writing to /usr/bin/ that's waht
/usr/local/bin/ is FOR.
That's a nice theory, except for the fact that /usr/local/bin is not
in the user's normal path, which presumably is why Bare Bones decided
that the bbedit tool should be in /usr/bin (its why we did the same
with the interarchy tool).
Unfortunately, sometimes practicalities have to take precedence over theories.
It'd be nice if /usr/local/bin was in the default path.
Obviously, if you're going to be replacing existing utilities, then
/usr/local/bin is certainly required to avoid getting stomped by
updates, and then you have to worry about the path to ensure you get
the right order (/usr/local/bin before /usr/bin).
Enjoy,
Peter.
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