On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 10:11:41AM -0600, Alan Somers wrote: > Ugh, that's a good example. I was thinking more about interactive > programs, like say /usr/bin/vi vs editors/vim. Hypothetically how would > one solve the conflict if /usr/local/bin came before /usr/bin ? Install > binutils's binaries to /usr/local/libexec/binutils/ ? But a lot of ports > depend on binutils. That would be a ton of ports to update. > > BTW my motivation for this thread is a new replacement for gstat that I'm > working on. I would like to name it "gstat", but if /usr/sbin must come > before /usr/local/sbin, then that won't be a very helpful name. > -Alan
Or, you could give it a different name, install it to ~/.local/bin or probably the best option, `alias gstat='/usr/local/sbin/gstat'`. But imo setting /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin will cause countless more problems than any issue it solves. - Cameron -- Cameron Katri Email: m...@cameronkatri.com PGP Fingerprint: 7D3B36CEA40FCC2181FB6DCDBAFFD97826540F1C
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