Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010, Chris Brannon wrote: Jude DaShiell writes: In order for that to be correct it needs to also have :/usr/local/bin inside of the quote marks. The /usr/local/bin directory on Linux systems like slackware and debian is where stuff gets put that anyone can execute that's on t

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-16 Thread Matthew Monaco
On 08/16/2010 07:50 PM, Heiko Baums wrote: Am Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:42:55 -0400 schrieb Matthew Monaco: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12231 I requested to re-open this bug. Heiko I didn't give the link so you could reopen it. I think the short discussion makes it clear that local will not

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-16 Thread mike rosset
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:42:55 -0400 > schrieb Matthew Monaco : > >> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12231 > > I requested to re-open this bug. > > Heiko > Thank you Heiko, I'll submit the patch if the task ever gets reopened. Mike

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-16 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:42:55 -0400 schrieb Matthew Monaco : > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12231 I requested to re-open this bug. Heiko

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-16 Thread Stefan Husmann
Am 17.08.2010 00:42, schrieb Matthew Monaco: > On 08/16/2010 09:22 AM, Heiko Baums wrote: >> Am Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:18:58 +1000 >> schrieb Allan McRae: >> Can also haz bug report? --> http://bugs.archlinux.org/ >>> >>> FYI, there was one a while back... It was closed as won't fix. >> >

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-16 Thread Matthew Monaco
On 08/16/2010 09:22 AM, Heiko Baums wrote: Am Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:18:58 +1000 schrieb Allan McRae: Can also haz bug report? --> http://bugs.archlinux.org/ FYI, there was one a while back... It was closed as won't fix. Why? Heiko http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12231

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-16 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:18:58 +1000 schrieb Allan McRae : > > Can also haz bug report? --> http://bugs.archlinux.org/ > > > > FYI, there was one a while back... It was closed as won't fix. Why? Heiko

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-16 Thread Allan McRae
On 16/08/10 21:08, Ray Rashif wrote: On 16 August 2010 15:12, mike rosset wrote: Haha. Don't be so aggressive against discussion on an issue that you brought up in the first place. We're just trying to help put things in their proper place. But yeah I agree there are too many silly tangents on

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-16 Thread Ray Rashif
On 16 August 2010 15:12, mike rosset wrote: >> Haha. Don't be so aggressive against discussion on an issue that you >> brought up in the first place. We're just trying to help put things in >> their proper place. But yeah I agree there are too many silly tangents >> on this issue. So let somebody

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-16 Thread mike rosset
> Haha. Don't be so aggressive against discussion on an issue that you > brought up in the first place. We're just trying to help put things in > their proper place. But yeah I agree there are too many silly tangents > on this issue. So let somebody submit a patch and get it over with. Ah wasn't m

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Loui Chang wrote: > On Sun 15 Aug 2010 07:08 -0700, mike rosset wrote: >> > Someone unaware of dotfiles might miss them, but others (blind or >> > sighted) should be able to access them without issue. >> >> And all of this has nothing to do with the orignal issue /

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Loui Chang
On Sun 15 Aug 2010 07:08 -0700, mike rosset wrote: > > Someone unaware of dotfiles might miss them, but others (blind or > > sighted) should be able to access them without issue. > > And all of this has nothing to do with the orignal issue /usr/local. I > only suggested using something in $HOME fo

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Ray Rashif
On 15 August 2010 22:14, Chris Brannon wrote: > The hand-written, system-specific scripts pose a problem, though.  Does > anyone use makepkg + pacman to manage these?  Is it worth the extra > effort? I keep /usr/local for random from-the-web stuff. For my own stuff, I have ~/.bin which is a symli

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:19:24 -0700 schrieb mike rosset : > I agree with this /usr/local/ is a pretty common location to install > system wide software and imo /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin should be > included in the default path. FHS covers this and GNU conf also > defaults to this. > > However

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Chris Brannon
Jude DaShiell writes: > In order for that to be correct it needs to also have :/usr/local/bin > inside of the quote marks. The /usr/local/bin directory on Linux > systems like slackware and debian is where stuff gets put that anyone > can execute that's on the system. I suspect that /usr/local/

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread mike rosset
> Someone unaware of dotfiles might miss them, but others (blind or > sighted) should be able to access them without issue. And all of this has nothing to do with the orignal issue /usr/local. I only suggested using something in $HOME for "user" based scripts which can be anything it does not matt

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Loui Chang
On Sun 15 Aug 2010 06:33 -0700, mike rosset wrote: > > I use ~/.local/bin for user specific applications and scripts. ~/bin would > > create visible clutter to the home folder. > > > > -- > > Ape > > That might work for you however in Jude's case being a blind user I > would think he would want s

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread mike rosset
> > I use ~/.local/bin for user specific applications and scripts. ~/bin would > create visible clutter to the home folder. > > -- > Ape > That might work for you however in Jude's case being a blind user I would think he would want something that is very visible in a braille terminal. Either way

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Lauri Niskanen
However in Judd's case I would think ~/bin would be better suited for user scripts unless he needs to use them system wide ie. as another user. since its much easier to edit save the files and does not require root privileges to modify Mike I use ~/.local/bin for user specific applications and

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread mike rosset
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:21:24 +0200 > schrieb Laurent Carlier : > >> Le dimanche 15 août 2010 11:20:33, Allan McRae a écrit : >> > On 15/08/10 18:50, Jude DaShiell wrote: >> > > In order for that to be correct it needs to also >> > > have :/usr/

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:21:24 +0200 schrieb Laurent Carlier : > Le dimanche 15 août 2010 11:20:33, Allan McRae a écrit : > > On 15/08/10 18:50, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > In order for that to be correct it needs to also > > > have :/usr/local/bin inside of the quote marks. > > > The /usr/local/bin

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Laurent Carlier
Le dimanche 15 août 2010 11:20:33, Allan McRae a écrit : > On 15/08/10 18:50, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > In order for that to be correct it needs to also have :/usr/local/bin > > inside of the quote marks. The /usr/local/bin directory on Linux systems > > like slackware and debian is where stuff gets

Re: [arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Allan McRae
On 15/08/10 18:50, Jude DaShiell wrote: In order for that to be correct it needs to also have :/usr/local/bin inside of the quote marks. The /usr/local/bin directory on Linux systems like slackware and debian is where stuff gets put that anyone can execute that's on the system. I put a simple she

[arch-general] /etc/profile PATH variable wrong

2010-08-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
In order for that to be correct it needs to also have :/usr/local/bin inside of the quote marks. The /usr/local/bin directory on Linux systems like slackware and debian is where stuff gets put that anyone can execute that's on the system. I put a simple shell script I wrote there then tried t