On Thu, 30 May 2002, at 5:39pm, Bill Freeman wrote: > Specificly, should /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin come first in one's PATH?
I always put "local" first, for the reason you state: I might want to override a "factory" program with something else. (If I need to preserve the factory default for some reason, I can always use a different name for the local version.) > I've mostly seen paths set up in the other order. I think that is because your average OS vendor (or distribution maintainer) has a tremendously over-inflated idea of the way they do things, and they cannot possibly conceive of a reason you would want to use something other than what they give you. ;-) > Or am I missing something else? 42. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
