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Date: | Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:55:48 +0100 |
From: | Dave Korn <dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT gmail DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Why does /etc/profile include /bin and /usr/bin in the PATH? |
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On 08/06/2010 19:27, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 06:56:48PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >> On 07/06/2010 22:17, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> Maybe this has been discussed and I just don't remember but why are /bin >>> and /usr/bin included in the default path in /etc/profile? Since they >>> point to the same directory that just slows bash down a little when >>> finding files not in /bin. >> Some things try to access $0/../share/.... >> >> Since $prefix=/usr for cygwin, /usr/bin is the expected location. There's >> no alias for /share like there is for /bin and /lib. > > That's an argument for having a path which includes /usr/bin. It doesn't > explain why both are needed. Yep. As far as I know, /bin is superfluous in $PATH and only has to exist in general in order to support explicit /bin/... shebang paths and the like. There could be some analogous reason why some apps required it, but I'd not expect that to arise unless they'd been compiled with $prefix=/, which is of course wrong for cygwin. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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