[OS X TeX] Major path puzzlement

Gerben Wierda Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl
Fri May 14 05:18:14 EDT 2004


On May 13, 2004, at 10:42, Maarten Sneep wrote:

> You can of course "correct" Fink by changing the /sw/bin/init.sh file 
> (make sure that $path or $PATH are _before_ any items that start with 
> /sw). I'd rather use a system that has considered security from the 
> start.

Fink relies for it's working on this practice. If you do the 'right' 
thing and put it at the back, you get a mixture of fink and non-fink 
installed commands for which fink cannot guarantuee interoperability.

G

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