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Author: Rowland Penny
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] yet another case of silly Lennartism :p [Fwd: Our build system may be broken: /bin vs /usr/bin]
On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:28:40 +0100
Alessandro Selli <alessandroselli@???> wrote:

> On 21/11/18 at 17:22, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 21. November 2018 schrieb Hendrik Boom:
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> >> I read the discussion at
> >> https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1642443.html
> >> and it looks as if they fixed the discrepancy at version 3.5.1-2.
> >> Which means if we want to keep sed in /bin instead of /usr/bin we
> >> may have to patch both packages sed and r-base.
> >>
> >> Or maybe add a symblic link to make sed accessible from /usr/bin
> >> instead of just /bin.
> > Why would anybody hardcode the link to sed in the first place?
> > Isn't that what $PATH is all about?
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>   It's necessary to keep script shebangs from breaking.
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No it isn't, ever heard of 'which' or 'type' or checking if the file
actually exists.

Rowland