Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 05:40:05PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: >> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Jochen Voss wrote: >> >> > [...] >> > My question: does anybody have further references for the question >> > whether it is ok or maybe even preferable to install non-programs in >> > /usr/bin? >> >> You forgot to quote last thing I said when closing the bug. >> >> So I'll repeat: Please read the logs for non-bug Bug#292759, where the >> author explains the rationale for putting gettext.sh in /usr/bin. > > "Because I don't wanna play by the rules!" is not a rationale. So you have > to specify a path -- so what? The way things stand at the moment, if I were > to drop a gettext.sh in my ~/bin (which is quite likely, except that I don't > like to put a .sh on my helper scripts) your shell scripts would suddenly go > tits-up in a most unpleasant fashion. Personally, *that* would be enough to > make me want to hardcode the path. > > - Matt
That is why you normaly have ~/bin last in PATH. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]