[3419] in Athena Bugs
Re: /usr/local?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (probe@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Oct 13 13:54:15 1989
From: probe@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 89 13:53:36 -0400
To: Raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Ken Raeburn's message of Fri, 13 Oct 89 13:39:42 EDT,
Reply-To: Richard Basch <probe@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 89 13:39:42 EDT
From: Ken Raeburn <Raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
We should perhaps consider adding /usr/local to the standard path,
maybe ahead of /srvd/patch, almost certainly towards the front of the
path.
I would disagree... this makes it very easy to be hacked on a public
workstation, more so than before. People may install something locally
as a replacement copy of a program that has other features. However,
when other people try using the machine, they will discover that their
commands don't work correctly.
Even if we say that we clean /usr/local on public workstations, this is
still a problem on private workstations. I would rather have the user
add /usr/local to his path only if he is sure that is what he wants. I
distrust it enough that I use /odie/site/usr/local to my path as opposed
to /usr/local.
By the way, these problems stem from my personal past experience...
-Richard
