Adding ~/.local/bin to default PATH

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Bryn M. Reeves <bmr at redhat.com> said:
> I just assumed it was by analogy to /usr/local - a per-user directory for local
> installation with a structure mimicking /usr.

But the user already has the whole home directory.  On RPM-managed
systems, the different between /usr and /usr/local is that /usr is RPM
managed and /usr/local is not.  ~/ is already not RPM-managed.  ~/bin
has been in the default PATH for many years; why do we need a second
such directory?

The source of /usr/local was NFS-mounted /usr, with /usr/local being on
the local system.  ~/ would typically be NFS mounted in that type of
setup (users don't get space on the local drive except /tmp), so
~/.local would be meaningless.

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.