Isn't that one of the 10 Unix Commandments? 1. Thou shalt not put "." in PATH.
On 4/11/02 12:30 PM, "Martin Costabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Devers wrote: > >> Where did you get your /usr/bin/install from? The developer's kit? Have >> you been able to use it without problems in the past? >> >> I'm confused now. > > Chris, this is an old problem that has come up a couple of times before > (maybe it should become a FAQ?). The problem is that in the source > directory, there is a script named "Install". If now the current > directory "." comes before /usr/bin in the user's PATH, the shell (sh in > this case, tcsh would not do this) happily executes ./Install instead of > /usr/bin/install. _____________________________________________________________ Brian Schott, Project Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED] USC Information Sciences Institute ph:703-812-3722 3811 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 200 fx:703-812-3712 Arlington, VA 22203 cell:410-499-7564 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
