Plan 9 always sucks less than unix. On Feb 12, 2012 8:38 AM, "Bjartur Thorlacius" <svartma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:09:44 -0000, Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> > wrote: > >> Some of you might be more experienced in the old Unix ways and >> might know how in the good old days all the environment variables >> were standardized. What I am up to: There are these new stylish >> ways of running applications based on their file extensions or >> mime types, which is annoying and leads to many symlinks. Instead >> some environment variables do exist. But maybe history has evolved >> some other substandards than I know? >> >> Bind mount or symlink. Do not construct pathnames from environment > variables. > mount -o bind /usr/bin/vim /bin/editor > In fact, the /etc/alternatives mess of Debian would be acceptable, if it > were not for the symlinks from /usr/bin to /etc/alternatives. They're > forced to do that, however, because of the way $PATH works. > > In this regard, Plan 9 sucks less than Unix. > -- > -,Bjartur > >
