add scp path to _PATH_STDPATH

Tim Rice tim at multitalents.net
Wed Feb 14 08:28:38 EST 2001


On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Kevin Steves wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Damien Miller wrote:
> : > what do you think about this patch to add the path to scp to
> : > _PATH_STDPATH?  is there a better or cleaner way to do this?  i'm hoping
> : > to ward off 'scp doesn't work' questions for the next release.
> :
> : I have been a little suspicious of this in the past, because I don't like
> : messing with PATH without being explicit. OTOH it would solve a lot of
> : support questions from people who don't read the FAQ.
> 
> i've been wary as well, but i can't think of a reason not to add
> $prefix/bin to the default PATH.
> 
> commit?  better way to do this?
> 

I have a good patch in my 2.2.0p1 code that I can bring forward.
I probably will not be able to work on it until the weekend.

> 

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