Re: [dev] Environment variables

From: Jacob Todd <jaketodd422_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:56:49 -0500

Plan 9 always sucks less than unix.
On Feb 12, 2012 8:38 AM, "Bjartur Thorlacius" <svartman95_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:09:44 -0000, Christoph Lohmann <20h_AT_r-36.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Some of you might be more experienced in the old Unix ways and
>> might know how in the good old days all the environment variables
>> were standardized. What I am up to: There are these new stylish
>> ways of running applications based on their file extensions or
>> mime types, which is annoying and leads to many symlinks. Instead
>> some environment variables do exist. But maybe history has evolved
>> some other substandards than I know?
>>
>> Bind mount or symlink. Do not construct pathnames from environment
> variables.
> mount -o bind /usr/bin/vim /bin/editor
> In fact, the /etc/alternatives mess of Debian would be acceptable, if it
> were not for the symlinks from /usr/bin to /etc/alternatives. They're
> forced to do that, however, because of the way $PATH works.
>
> In this regard, Plan 9 sucks less than Unix.
> --
> -,Bjartur
>
>
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