From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:40:05 GMT
Subject: Re: Does git belong in root's $PATH?
Message-ID: <43C02725.2020702@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <43C0025A.9080406@op5.se>

Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> 
> 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