Re: [screen-devel] Re: default --prefix and OpenBSD

[Micah Cowan]

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Adam Lazur wrote:
> Micah Cowan (address@hidden) said:
>> On OpenBSD systems, which by default apparently append . to PATH,
>> ./configure apparently defaults to a --prefix of ., which isn't terribly
>> helpful.
> 
> Wow, that can't be true. Can another openbsd user confirm this?
> 
> Having . in PATH is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard, and is
> a huge security issue. Of all the BSDs, I'd be surprise if openbsd did
> it.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/100581

(And see rest of thread.)

The reasoning appears to be that having . at the end of path is not that
bad (ignoring typos), and better than letting inexperienced users add it
in by prepending it. Note that, at least, root does not get . in path by
default (but I do not build as root). I don't put . in my path, either,
but I discovered it there after the screen-configuring issue, so thought
I should report it.

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Micah J. Cowan
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http://micah.cowan.name/

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