On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 10:51:27AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Josip> Notice "or some other nice English word"... when the admin
> Josip> puts binaries in a $PATH, they need to be aware of the
> Josip> consequences. If they put something in a place where it can
> Josip> replace a Debian binary, how do we know it's intentional or
> Josip> not? If we assume it's unintentional, our scripts need to
> Josip> hardcode paths, which makes moving stuff tedious. If we assume
> Josip> it's intentional, we risk admins having a taste of their own
> Josip> medicine. I'd pick the former.
>
> You reversed the order from the sentence:
> "how do we know it's intentional or not?"
> and the rest of the explanation, so it is hard to know which
> one option you prefer (at least, I am fairly unclear).
Oh, right, sorry :) I'd pick the option where we should assume it's
intentional and not hardcode our paths.
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