On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:50:39AM +0200, Hauke Fath wrote:
> > Argument 2:
> > the stuff in base is canonical and it's wrong for random whatnot to
> > arbitrarily override it. I admit I don't fully understand argument 2 [...]
>
> To give an arbitrary example: I had ${PREFIX}/{s,}bin first in PATH at
> one point. A Kerberos pkgsrc package installed a su(1), which for
> whatever reason didn't work (I don't use Kerberos).
>
> Until pkgsrc prefixes any tools that duplicate base tools, or we grow a
> viable alternatives system, that will remain a problem. And I am not
> sure the above cures are any better than the problem.
pkgsrc should not install stuff that duplicates/replaces/overrides
base tools unless you asked it to. That part I fully agree on.
(That particular bug got fixed in heimdal at least fifteen years ago.)
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David A. Holland
dholl...@netbsd.org
