From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D97A1384B4 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:40:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5C1B21C0E6; Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:40:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3C6B21C0DE for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:40:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [91.246.81.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: bircoph) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F0D6A340649 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:39:57 +0300 From: Andrew Savchenko To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: adding sbin directories to PATH for all users Message-Id: <20151126003957.b2e7acf9daf06c603c2d0195@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20151125171011.GA8731@whubbs1.ad.gaikai.biz> References: <20151125171011.GA8731@whubbs1.ad.gaikai.biz> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.3 (GTK+ 2.24.20; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA512"; boundary="Signature=_Thu__26_Nov_2015_00_39_57_+0300_+qZyrJZflHurIpQ8" X-Archives-Salt: e2cbf802-697b-4e6d-8e3e-36eafc8013a4 X-Archives-Hash: d4c8979d8918ecbf5979191e47a6c031 --Signature=_Thu__26_Nov_2015_00_39_57_+0300_+qZyrJZflHurIpQ8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:10:11 -0600 William Hubbs wrote: > All, >=20 > I would like for us to discuss adding the sbin directories to PATH for > all users. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 --Signature=_Thu__26_Nov_2015_00_39_57_+0300_+qZyrJZflHurIpQ8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWViqtAAoJEPZTWjO6HuSN8s4P/AtbMwxjV2xE1rPcQLuGQ4Sm fNMPxpDOV1bevenW20Go53Czy0GyN2f2DSddmWueZfS3xij0+QvQiZz4v7Kn7PdS peS8qoPFR7zAhDzQ43kAKmTnjTIZ6v1NF3aTi5BonwLQG8GJ8jY+1UQcZ5V3IYdI 9oR5SCn9d+dc/AOkzCn8zFGTm+5py2eCiwUYKQdN4y2CU+xHT3GZBekJtLvkjAjm 7jbMPeUeR6Pv7HeqGGB21lLVe1A4u+cHIgUhV0uIzYXTRJnZBTZapEmld58Hx/K6 6AwaFDuurkAd/MDCBhdU3u3TYspiO3xPFfXCQQdHKVjfVN028Oi5+vrfkLZYNe4+ MgaWXxd92VLOQElUIj+hSN8vc27ax6qRYxksgSo/4TrKKyi17qPvfQA2pd2xaQf1 JQxzu5jQDh+l6LK+1XEZy24KubAPwQD61nEaRiGLhzGlsFSAjunOQ8sOh376jVTD 3jZdOrwmvo/aPvcJgauijKobdnivwyG2m0j6rhReRhMOF/lCJbgU5yisx4dqCCx7 yTui7xm4K/2DjrUenIAMqeWnHgzoUWhxVpRPXtbbgGBYwMjD8ONF2ChvhSZRWm6D w/fH6zpMXfwvqaEnMjYeFFS6WKVCU35ERfxqAHDigxsJ7t+aBmAXz6OGFly+wWlS ckwOLAHXrv7AmDxORNrj =w8rd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__26_Nov_2015_00_39_57_+0300_+qZyrJZflHurIpQ8--