[Bug 1711254] Re: 16.04.3 deployments include non-existent directories in $PATH

2017-09-28 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
** Changed in: snapd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711254 Title: 16.04.3 deplo

[Bug 1711254] Re: 16.04.3 deployments include non-existent directories in $PATH

2017-09-16 Thread gdahlman
Note in reference to ~/.local/bin this path is added because it is a systemd standard directory. They are documented in file-hierarchy(7) and also here. https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/file-hierarchy.html If the issue is that the paths don't exist they should be created for the

[Bug 1711254] Re: 16.04.3 deployments include non-existent directories in $PATH

2017-08-17 Thread Jeff Lane
@Steve, I don't disagree, and I've already merged a patch to fix that issue in the cert suite. For context, what happens isn't a test case, but a resource that enumerates the binaries in the system so that the suite can validate requirements for executing the tests. e.g., it enumerates a list tha

[Bug 1711254] Re: 16.04.3 deployments include non-existent directories in $PATH

2017-08-17 Thread Steve Langasek
~/.bin and ~/.local/bin are added to the path by /etc/skel/.profile which is shipped in the bash package. It's debatable whether these should be added to the path unconditionally, or only if they exist. It is convenient to have the directories automatically available on the path as soon as they a

[Bug 1711254] Re: 16.04.3 deployments include non-existent directories in $PATH

2017-08-17 Thread Adam Conrad
The user bin bits of this are due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1588562 We can have it one way or the other, but not both ways. Not sure I agree with having nonexistent paths in PATH, but it's shouldn't technically break anything either. -- You received this bug notific

[Bug 1711254] Re: 16.04.3 deployments include non-existent directories in $PATH

2017-08-17 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
~/bin ~/.local/bin used to be added in a user path only if they exist. /snap/bin may or or may not exist, but could be a bug in snapd. ** Package changed: linux-hwe (Ubuntu) => base-files (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: snapd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this b