Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: adding sbin directories to PATH for all users

[Mike Gilbert]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:10:11 -0600 William Hubbs wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I would like for us to discuss adding the sbin directories to PATH for
>> all users.
>>
>> The only reason I can think of that we have removed them is cosmetic (it
>> removes things from tab completion), but I have also heard that having
>> those things in tab completion would be a good thing.
>>
>> Another reason I am bringing this up is this bug [1]. On standard OSx,
>> there is no reason to hard code the path to sysctl like I'm being asked
>> to do in the patch associated with this bug, because the sbin
>> directories are always  in the path. In other words, it isn't worth the
>> effort to send this patch upstream, which means there will always be a
>> Gentoo-specific patch to dev-lang/go unless upstream finds another way
>> to do the test they are doing on OSx via sysctl.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> +1. Just do it.
>
> I add /sbin and /usr/sbin in PATH on all Gentoo setups for ages.
> Too many useful tools are there. Though, add them after /bin
> and /usr/sbin for non-priviledged users and before for root.

Swapping the order is silly and should be pointless. If we are
installing different binaries with the same name in bin/sbin, that's a
bug that needs fixing.