On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 12:06:54AM -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > In my "Development Days", I would have gotten the Source for the newer > version, Compile it in my own System, copy the result into /usr/local/bin > and put it before /usr/bin. > > Do people still do Workarounds like this?
Yes. In fact, that's precisely why /usr/local/bin is supposed to be in your $PATH before /usr/bin or /bin. (And $HOME/bin before /usr/local/bin.) The sysadmin is allowed to override the vendor, and the user is allowed to override the sysadmin's defaults. That's how Unix is designed.
