On 06/15/2018 07:30 AM, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:
Nevertheless still no one answered on very simple question. So I'll repeat it:Why Fedora_must_ offer OOTB ~/.local/bin, /usr/local{s,}bin paths on the front of the $PATH in OOTB settings?
The churn in some software (javascript, python, ...) is such that the system-provided executables do not work and must be overridden from private PATH locations. This is acute enough that users of npm, conda etc. demand the front-of-PATH locations, to make sure they can override the system-provided executables.
I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand, I agree that this is NOT a serious security issue (it's essentially a local compromise requiring an existing local compromise), so if someone claims it'll make their life easier, I want to say 'just do it'.
On the other hand, I am uneasy about the whole thing: the PATH ordering only matters for system-provided software, so we're essentially either acknowledging that we can't keep up with a decently updated distribution, or accommodating a very small group that needs cutting edge stuff that is not relevant to the vast majority of users.
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