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Re: Does git belong in root's $PATH?

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HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Jan 7, 2006, 20:40 UTC
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Andreas Ericsson wrote:
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> Not including /usr/local/{bin,sbin} in root's path is considered wise, 
> since, historically, that's where users would install their own versions 
> of programs that the system doesn't provide. This use has largely been 
> obsoleted by $HOME/bin as the default for user-specific programs, mainly 
> because of disks getting larger and cheaper.
>

Hmmm... I think that was /usr/bin (hence the eventual migration of the meaning of /usr from what was originally the equivalent of /home.)

Today /usr/local is strictly a location for site-local things; a place that won't conflict with the distribution.

	-hpa
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