Re: Full path in SYNOPSIS for /usr/libexec programs

2019-08-06 Thread Theo de Raadt
Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > Theo de Raadt writes: > > Disagree on this. > > > > Those programs are intentionally not in the path, since you don't > > run them by hand. > > That's what I was getting at. It's not clear they are 'libexec's. > That's what confuses people. I just thought this might b

Re: Full path in SYNOPSIS for /usr/libexec programs

2019-08-06 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
Theo de Raadt writes: > Disagree on this. > > Those programs are intentionally not in the path, since you don't > run them by hand. That's what I was getting at. It's not clear they are 'libexec's. That's what confuses people. I just thought this might be a way to make it clear(er) that you don'

Re: Full path in SYNOPSIS for /usr/libexec programs

2019-08-06 Thread Theo de Raadt
Disagree on this. Those programs are intentionally not in the path, since you don't run them by hand. I think you are making a mountain out of a molehill. Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > For programs that live in /usr/libexec, those with manpages show > just the bare program name in the SYNOPSIS sec

Full path in SYNOPSIS for /usr/libexec programs

2019-08-06 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
For programs that live in /usr/libexec, those with manpages show just the bare program name in the SYNOPSIS section (when there is a SYNOPSIS section). There is a long-standing expectation that programs documented in section 8 of the manual can be run from a shell with /sbin:/usr/sbin in the $PATH