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tinypoodle:

--- Quote from: cpoakes on September 22, 2013, 01:01:25 PM ---First, only common usage prioritizes /usr/bin over /bin in PATH; it is not a requirement.

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If prioritizing of PATH is disregarded as requirement, then in consequence only the usage of full path can ensure invoking a specific version of an executable.


--- Quote ---Second, I would argue dCore should track Debian as close as possible to prevent inadvertent breakage.  The redundant /bin versions should be removed, however unlikely they are to cause a problem.

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Removing essential commands from base could potentially result in system malfunction.

cpoakes:
Hi TP,
You misunderstand.  I am not saying the order in the path is irrelevant.  I am saying my path can quite legitimately be PATH=/bin:/usr/bin.  And even though common usage generally reverses that order to prioritize /usr/bin over /bin, that common usage is not required.

Nothing us being removed; it is being replaced and in a different location.  SysAdmins have decades of experience dealing with standard Unix commands found in differing locations (the /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin crapshoot).  A script with a command hardwired to a specific directory, like /bin/adduser, is not portable and at risk for breakage; I consider it an error.

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