On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:02:14PM -0700, Josh Stone wrote:
> On 07/26/2011 09:49 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 08:45:11AM -0430, Robert Marcano wrote:
> >> In /etc/skel/.bash_profile they are added to the end and I think that is ok
> >>
> >> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin
> >
> > This was added between bash-4.2.10 -2 and -3:
> >
> > http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=bash.git;a=commitdiff;h=02b20d810111e8b53bb98ad49fedd1d583ce62e1
> >
> > because of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699812
> >
> > There is some rationale in that bug, but I think it's extremely bogus.
>
> bogus because... ?
Bogus because this is the first I've heard of ~/.local/bin, speaking
as a Unix user since long before Linux existed.
It shouldn't be changed mid-way through Fedora 15.
It shouldn't be changed without serious discussion, instead of on the
basis of a single comment in a BZ.
What are the security implications of having a hidden path containing
binaries?
> I for one find it useful since e.g. "python setup.py install --user"
> puts things in ~/.local/{bin,lib,etc}/
You personally can add ~/.local/bin to your PATH if you want to. And
that's fine because you're not silently getting a hidden path to
binaries added that you don't know about.
Rich.
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