commit: 9cac4dd130637fa2c1f1a64bf3c9d2509284e6dd
Author: William Hubbs <williamh <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Wed Oct 4 22:17:40 2017 +0000
Commit: William Hubbs <williamh <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed Oct 4 22:17:40 2017 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/baselayout.git/commit/?id=9cac4dd1
Drop support for ROOTPATH
The following is taken from /etc/profile:
> Set up PATH depending on whether we're root or a normal user.
> There's no real reason to exclude sbin paths from the normal user,
> but it can make tab-completion easier when they aren't in the
> user's PATH to pollute the executable namespace.
This seems like a minor inconvenience, and excluding sbin paths for the
normal user can cause bigger issues which will offset this inconvenience.
commit ac52b58e7a8a7f8085de9f806645881740b22c5e
Author: William Hubbs <williamh <AT> gentoo.org>
Date: Wed Oct 4 17:12:33 2017 -0500
Drop support for ROOTPATH
The following is taken from /etc/profile:
This seems like a minor inconvenience, and not having *sbin in the path
can cause bigger compatibility issues which offset this inconvenience.
diff --git a/etc/env.d/50baselayout b/etc/env.d/50baselayout
index e8662e0e..b10a2c4d 100644
--- a/etc/env.d/50baselayout
+++ b/etc/env.d/50baselayout
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
# /etc/env.d/50baselayout
# Do not edit this file
-PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin"
-ROOTPATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin"
+PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin"
MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man"
INFOPATH="/usr/share/info"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gentoo-release"
diff --git a/etc/profile b/etc/profile
index 8e92e824..4579bd17 100644
--- a/etc/profile
+++ b/etc/profile
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@ export PAGER=${PAGER:-/usr/bin/less}
# 077 would be more secure, but 022 is generally quite realistic
umask 022
-# Set up PATH depending on whether we're root or a normal user.
-# There's no real reason to exclude sbin paths from the normal user,
-# but it can make tab-completion easier when they aren't in the
-# user's PATH to pollute the executable namespace.
-if [ "${EUID-}" = "0" ] || [ "${USER-}" = "root" ] ; then
- PATH="${ROOTPATH}"
-fi
-export PATH
-unset ROOTPATH
-
# process *.sh files in /etc/profiled.d
for sh in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
[ -r "$sh" ] && . "$sh"
etc/env.d/50baselayout | 3 +--
etc/profile | 10 ----------
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/etc/env.d/50baselayout b/etc/env.d/50baselayout
index e8662e0e..b10a2c4d 100644
--- a/etc/env.d/50baselayout
+++ b/etc/env.d/50baselayout
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
# /etc/env.d/50baselayout
# Do not edit this file
-PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin"
-ROOTPATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin"
+PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin"
MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man"
INFOPATH="/usr/share/info"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gentoo-release"
diff --git a/etc/profile b/etc/profile
index 8e92e824..4579bd17 100644
--- a/etc/profile
+++ b/etc/profile
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@ export PAGER=${PAGER:-/usr/bin/less}
# 077 would be more secure, but 022 is generally quite realistic
umask 022
-# Set up PATH depending on whether we're root or a normal user.
-# There's no real reason to exclude sbin paths from the normal user,
-# but it can make tab-completion easier when they aren't in the
-# user's PATH to pollute the executable namespace.
-if [ "${EUID-}" = "0" ] || [ "${USER-}" = "root" ] ; then
- PATH="${ROOTPATH}"
-fi
-export PATH
-unset ROOTPATH
-
# process *.sh files in /etc/profiled.d
for sh in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
[ -r "$sh" ] && . "$sh"
