12531 – /usr/local/bin doesn't take precedence in PATH

Bug 12531 - /usr/local/bin doesn't take precedence in PATH

Summary: /usr/local/bin doesn't take precedence in PATH

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] baselayout (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2002-12-21 13:24 UTC by Malte S. Stretz
Modified:	2004-10-15 23:13 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Patch against /etc/profile and /etc/env.d/00basic (profile.patch,1.10 KB, patch) 2002-12-21 13:25 UTC, Malte S. Stretz	Details \| Diff
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Description Malte S. Stretz 2002-12-21 13:24:17 UTC

In the current profile the order of the PATHs is /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin.  
All other distros I know (Debian & SuSE) do it the other way round which makes  
some sense because that way you can compile a (newer) package and place it in  
/usr/local. The bins from the newer version will now overrule the old ones.  
That's also login's default so I think it might be in the LSB, too, but don't 
pin me down on this. 
  
I'll attach a patch which does this by moving /usr/local/bin from 
/etc/env.d/00basic to /etc/profile and changing the order. 
 
Regards, 
Malte

Comment 1 Malte S. Stretz 2002-12-21 13:25:07 UTC

Created attachment 6638 [details, diff]
Patch against /etc/profile and /etc/env.d/00basic

Comment 2 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-12-12 14:51:51 UTC

Any further thoughts or progress on this bug?  It's been idle for nearly a full
year.

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-10-15 23:13:24 UTC

fixed in cvs, thanks