-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Adam Lazur wrote: > Micah Cowan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: >> On OpenBSD systems, which by default apparently append . to PATH, >> ./configure apparently defaults to a --prefix of ., which isn't terribly >> helpful. > > Wow, that can't be true. Can another openbsd user confirm this? > > Having . in PATH is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard, and is > a huge security issue. Of all the BSDs, I'd be surprise if openbsd did > it.
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/100581 (And see rest of thread.) The reasoning appears to be that having . at the end of path is not that bad (ignoring typos), and better than letting inexperienced users add it in by prepending it. Note that, at least, root does not get . in path by default (but I do not build as root). I don't put . in my path, either, but I discovered it there after the screen-configuring issue, so thought I should report it. - -- Micah J. Cowan Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer... http://micah.cowan.name/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHHM+l7M8hyUobTrERCCaPAJ9WCH9aQ/cS+2Q3pEgGmzJF11s0swCeLpLY 0m+7LByGa78ABonj6LiSehU= =itHn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ screen-devel mailing list screen-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-devel
