> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 22:37:52 +0100
> From: Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net>
> Reply-To: es...@nerim.net
>
> I'm thinking I'd like to impose a PATH for running @exec/@unexec
> style lines in packing-lists.
>
> Some people have their default path ignoring /usr/local, which is just
> fine, but the packages expect things to run in a "correct" way, so currently
> any local command requires /usr/local/bin/cmd to be run (and does that).
>
> setting PATH explicitly to
> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:${LOCALBASE}/bin:${LOCALBASE}/sbin
> before running @exec/@unexec would allow for reproducibility in package
> installations, and simplify some of the command lines.
Sounds completely reasonable.
