On 6/17/10 12:12 PM, "no-re...@cfengine.com" <no-re...@cfengine.com> wrote: > Forum: Cfengine Help > Subject: Re: /var/cfengine/bin > Author: Beto > Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,17499,17533#msg-17533 > > I don't know why purge would be dangerous unless something is broken. It > never caused a problem until I started using rpms from cfengine.com that > install the cf-engine binaries into the wrong directory. > > Every cfengine sample file and document I've seen states that the binaries are > installed into /usr/local/sbin. The thing that's strange about it is that > whoever built the rpms evidently had to override the default configure file to > install them into /var/cfengine/bin. I believe by default they install into > /usr/local/sbin. > > Go figure. > > Unfortunately I can't access the bug tracker to submit a report against the > rpm install directory being wrong. Maybe someone else that views this as a > problem can.
Historically at least, the installation put them in "the usual system PATH" aka /usr/local or whatever. Policy was then to copy or "cache" those to /var/cfengine as needed, with the assumption that /usr, etc. may very well be auto-mounted and "go away" from time to time. I agree this is a bit odd for a RPM, requiring users to have /var/cfengine/bin in their PATH is not really what documentation I've read supports and seems to violate POLA. _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
