PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin considered harmful

[Andrew Haley]

On 06/22/2012 11:44 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Andrew Haley writes:
> 
>> On 06/22/2012 04:15 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>>> The new perl package contains /usr/bin/perl. At upgrade, dependency
>>> resolution is not smart enough to realize that the new package's
>>> /bin/perl=/usr/bin/perl, causing a conflict.
>>
>> What exactly is the conflict?
> 
> See the error from yum/rpm, that I posted.

Oh, sorry, I tend to interpret "conflict" as meaning a conflict with
another file, not a missing dependency.

It seems to me that yum/rpm should know what package provides
/bin/perl.  This surelay makes vastly more sense than changig default
paths, which is just papering over the cracks.

Andrew.