On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 03:01:25PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 02:49:02PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > > Once upon a time, traceroute was in sbin and *that* got fixed. I
don't
> > > see any reason we can't fix the other _tiny handful_ of commands
this
> > > affects. (Especially if the sudo securepath option is also enabled,
> > > which reduces the number further.)
> > "The perfect is the enemy of the good" --Voltaire
> Err, sure. So let's make it good. That's my side of the argument, right?
:)
Heh, no. The good is the two-line change to the setup package to make
things better.
That would be true if it didn't make things _worse_. :)
But that aside, in this case, the quote in this case should be changed to
"the mediocre/poor is the enemy of the good", because once /sbin and
/usr/sbin are crammed into everyone's path, there's never going to be any
incentive to put programs in sensible places. We'd still have
/usr/sbin/traceroute.
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