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why does _PATH_STDPATH contain the current directory?
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Jilles Tjoelker
Dec 23, 2009, 5:16:03 PM12/23/09
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/usr/include/paths.h has:
/* All standard utilities path. */
#define _PATH_STDPATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:"
/* All standard utilities path. */
#define _PATH_STDPATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:"
The current directory appears to have been added accidentally years ago.
Can I go ahead and take it out (the colon)?
The paths for rescue already do not have the current directory.
The main use for _PATH_STDPATH is to find all standard utilities, such
as for the POSIX-specified confstr(_CS_PATH), 'getconf PATH' and
'command -p'. Some utilities also use it instead of _PATH_DEFPATH for
root, but these values tend to be overridden by /etc/login.conf and/or
shell startup files.
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John Baldwin
Dec 24, 2009, 8:01:04 AM12/24/09
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On Wednesday 23 December 2009 5:15:24 pm Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
> /usr/include/paths.h has:
> /* All standard utilities path. */
> #define _PATH_STDPATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:"
>
> The current directory appears to have been added accidentally years ago.
> Can I go ahead and take it out (the colon)?
>
> The paths for rescue already do not have the current directory.
>
> The main use for _PATH_STDPATH is to find all standard utilities, such
> as for the POSIX-specified confstr(_CS_PATH), 'getconf PATH' and
> 'command -p'. Some utilities also use it instead of _PATH_DEFPATH for
> root, but these values tend to be overridden by /etc/login.conf and/or
> shell startup files.
> /usr/include/paths.h has:
> /* All standard utilities path. */
> #define _PATH_STDPATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:"
>
> The current directory appears to have been added accidentally years ago.
> Can I go ahead and take it out (the colon)?
>
> The paths for rescue already do not have the current directory.
>
> The main use for _PATH_STDPATH is to find all standard utilities, such
> as for the POSIX-specified confstr(_CS_PATH), 'getconf PATH' and
> 'command -p'. Some utilities also use it instead of _PATH_DEFPATH for
> root, but these values tend to be overridden by /etc/login.conf and/or
> shell startup files.
I vote to fix it. That's an old bug. :)
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John Baldwin
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