Hi, At Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:34:56 -0600 (CST), Adam Heath wrote:
> > I understand that is because dpkg is no longer for GNU/Linux system > > only. I think it's good idea to restrict PATH for configure in > > debian/rules. > > No, this is wrong. If the user building the deb has modified their path to > fit their local system, we should honor that setting. At Wed, 2 Jan 2002 01:52:19 +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > but if the person building dpkg has perl in some other location, how do you > know they have it in /usr/bin or /bin? And if they do, how do you know if > they want to use those over the one in /usr/local/bin? Their $PATH could > indicate quite the opposite, like yours did. > > Packages can't predict the nature of their environments... Hmm, your opinions have a point. I didn't consider Debian system's flexibility to such a extent. I'd withdraw my proposition. Thanks for your comments. -- YAEGASHI Takeshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
