cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Thu Dec 1 18:05:19 GMT 2005


In message: <20051201172757.GG20961 at ip.net.ua>
            Ruslan Ermilov <ru at FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
: On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 05:08:56PM +0000, Warner Losh wrote:
: > imp         2005-12-01 17:08:56 UTC
: > 
: >   FreeBSD src repository
: > 
: >   Modified files:
: >     .                    Makefile.inc1 
: >   Log:
: >   In make buildenv, spell sh as ${SHELL}.  In this case, we don't want
: >   to hard code /bin/sh since we're forking it for the user to type
: >   commands into.  As such, ${SHELL} is the preferred thing users type
: >   commands into.
: >   
: >   Revision  Changes    Path
: >   1.524     +1 -1      src/Makefile.inc1
: > 
: Please consider backing it out.  In this case, we want to hard code it
: to "sh" since the stock ~root/.cshrc always resets $PATH, which breaks
: "make buildenv" for root (which most of us use).  Testcase: "which cc"
: from under "make buildenv" shell.

This is an insufficient reason to hard code it to sh.  My .cshrc files
are written properly and make buildenv works.  We should consider
fixing ~root/.cshrc instead to do the right thing with its path.  What
would be wrong with

Index: dot.cshrc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/etc/root/dot.cshrc,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -r1.29 dot.cshrc
--- dot.cshrc	1 Apr 2004 19:28:00 -0000	1.29
+++ dot.cshrc	1 Dec 2005 18:04:01 -0000
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # A righteous umask
 umask 22
 
-set path = (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin $HOME/bin)
+set path = ($path /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin $HOME/bin)
 
 setenv	EDITOR	vi
 setenv	PAGER	more

I hate enteracting with a sh prompt...

Warner


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