Adding ~/.local/bin to default PATH

[Marc-André Lureau]

Hi

2011/7/27 Miloslav Trmač <mitr at volny.cz>:
> (And of course, the thing to standardize would not be "bin", but a
> subdirectory structure as defined by the GNU standards for --prefix.)

I agree, it is precisely what I would like to see in a standard, a
home "GNU" prefix for installing projects locally (that is, /opt and
/usr/local are not an option).

Personally, I would be happy if my distro respect this home prefix by
default (not only for $PATH but for other envs that have lookup paths)

I don't understand the security risks. If something is allowed to
write to ~/.local/bin (or ~/bin etc..), then surely it's able to read
elsewhere or do something else nasty. Could someone detail it?

Making the directory "hidden" is just as reasonable as making
application data/config dot files/directories, like proposed by FHS.
The rationale is probably that $HOME is the place for user content,
and shouldn't be cluttered with "visible" non-user files/directories
(would be nice to put rationale in the specs)

regards

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Marc-André Lureau