On Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:49:40 -0400
Daniel M Gessel wrote:
> As a hobby software developer, I see the benefit: *nix isn't static,
> so simplification is generally "a good thing". More power to those
> who use Occam's razor to trim some bloat.
One of the more amusing things about this for me is th
On 2023-06-23 12:29, grg wrote:
my singular contention here detailing the benefit of usrmerge and at this point
As a hobby software developer, I see the benefit: *nix isn't static, so
simplification is generally "a good thing". More power to those who use
Occam's razor to trim some bloat.
On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 02:00:45PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 01:43:10PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> > If you're talking about 3rd-party application software, then your
> > points are reasonable
the great bulk of the universe of software installed on *nix machines is
"3r
I kind of want to weigh in on a "meta" of this argument.
PATH is interesting but incomplete. One can always use a full path in an
unrestricted bash shell. If you use "rbash" the restricted version, PATH
is read-only and a user can not use absolute paths. There are, as always,
vulnerabilities every
