From nobody Fri Jul 16 15:01:49 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54CBB12471AF for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:02:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ot1-f48.google.com (mail-ot1-f48.google.com [209.85.210.48]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GRDwn3v2Bz3v15 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:02:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ot1-f48.google.com with SMTP id v32-20020a0568300920b02904b90fde9029so10142484ott.7 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:02:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=dIDFnpPOw5EtCKY30E2y3f8Ez9y4UEnQBf8s+MYwz2U=; b=nvMzHhihgSdlSPeuvJKNMoPKavF4f/9scEEV6rbXr2r1sC0xyUydBsfrDMLJ699mxx cytYN7TGxnXA5dGgjRRtlKpF4hxrgHIQqOTC1ZFXm8f7CcU7447iPISyoMSQaY3zYLuW XLsSN/e3URnyUFbi3LxGWjjwuu9WekOICXLnltzAFAzJkMl5++KrlEQo1IzA2TkKC8P9 o8Hpt7y353fJukkZil1yzr5JxcS/PP8z9uSPgBWPwIpfa7lpGdkq899KTnLd6FOWeUb+ ooQgHJ6DPb7AUgjuKgwbkA4Kb93fiFDR4r6vBnJHMgIB8DjVO8tWWQ0fQ5BUdn1UQowO 67QA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532Bi1BNgNvS8IS5gsoquHXL9Q1Xp5AkOgnXZWRAUCDlh8Kngyyg OUm5U8sQ/76lv3rEZ2iCJe/LK7qj4D9zB6UFAsSibr7UA2cPDg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxfBtiWEZmKzuoOVYsaMguNq9sX9OXWXc5EDmkWmLPMZrDBk1SorYzz7+Tjm1gfWPV0dsDTR7Dl6Otl/rsgW+Q= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:d04:: with SMTP id 4mr8925288oti.251.1626447720170; Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:02:00 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Alan Somers Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:01:49 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: PATH: /usr/local before or after /usr ? To: FreeBSD CURRENT Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000009b4a3105c73edeb2" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4GRDwn3v2Bz3v15 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of asomers@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.48 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=asomers@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.11 / 15.00]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[209.85.210.48:from]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:209.85.128.0/17:c]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[asomers@freebsd.org,asomers@gmail.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[209.85.210.48:from]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:209.85.128.0/17, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[asomers@freebsd.org,asomers@gmail.com]; TO_DOM_EQ_FROM_DOM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.12)[-0.117]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[asomers]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.995]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-current@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[209.85.210.48:from:127.0.2.255]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[209.85.210.48:from]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-current] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: Y --0000000000009b4a3105c73edeb2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" FreeBSD has always placed /usr/local/X after /usr/X in the default PATH. AFAICT that convention began with SVN revision 37 "Initial import of 386BSD 0.1 othersrc/etc". Why is that? It would make sense to me that /usr/local/X should come first. That way programs installed from ports can override FreeBSD's defaults. Is there a good reason for this convention, or is it just inertia? -Alan --0000000000009b4a3105c73edeb2--