Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: adding sbin directories to PATH for all users

[Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@gentoo.org>]

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:10:11 -0600 William Hubbs wrote:
> All,
> 
> I would like for us to discuss adding the sbin directories to PATH for
> all users.
> 
> The only reason I can think of that we have removed them is cosmetic (it
> removes things from tab completion), but I have also heard that having
> those things in tab completion would be a good thing.
> 
> Another reason I am bringing this up is this bug [1]. On standard OSx,
> there is no reason to hard code the path to sysctl like I'm being asked
> to do in the patch associated with this bug, because the sbin
> directories are always  in the path. In other words, it isn't worth the
> effort to send this patch upstream, which means there will always be a
> Gentoo-specific patch to dev-lang/go unless upstream finds another way
> to do the test they are doing on OSx via sysctl.
> 
> Any ideas?

+1. Just do it.

I add /sbin and /usr/sbin in PATH on all Gentoo setups for ages.
Too many useful tools are there. Though, add them after /bin
and /usr/sbin for non-priviledged users and before for root.

Best regards,
Andrew Savchenko

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