Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 18 Apr 2003 02:42:22 +0200, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
pierre42d> >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on
pierre42d> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 07:23:56 +0200, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
pierre42d> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
pierre42d> >
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pierre42d> >pierre42d> On my system "rm" is in /usr/local/bin
pierre42d> >pierre42d> Why is an absolute path used ?
pierre42d> >
pierre42d> >Probably to avoid problems with alternate (non-compatible
pierre42d> >or outright dangerous) variants of rm, and possibly to
pierre42d> >avoid $PATH problems.
pierre42d>
pierre42d> I understand but it's an attitude a little bit paranoid,
pierre42d> isn't it ? :-)
Yes it is, and considering that we aren't as precausious in the
Makefiles, it does look a bit silly. However, /bin/rm has been in
there for quite a while, so I may have missed something...
I'll ponder over this.
The problem is always there with 0.9.7c .
I can make a patch for this if you want.
--
Pierre.
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