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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Default PATH setting - reduce to something more sensible?
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:03:22 +0100
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On 15.01.2025 20:19, Rainer Weikusat wrote:
> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
>> Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> writes:
>>> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
>>>> Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> writes:
>>>>> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
>>>>>> Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> writes:
>>>>>>> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
[...]

> The PDP-11 can be rationally compared with the situation of the OP,
> namely, doing local filesystem operations on a single computer. [...]

Since you're referring to me, the OP, please note that most arguments
here have quickly made a relation to a straw man (a performance theme)
or made other deviations from the basic question(s) that concerned me.

Essentially there were two questions I had that I can reformulate in a
more compact form as

  "Why, in the first place, are all these path components
   part of the default PATH for ordinary users? - Is there
   any [functional] rationale or necessity for that?"

  "_If_ many of the default PATH components are unnecessary,
   where and how to best reduce these settings to a sensible
   subset? - Without spoiling the system, of course."

But we've seen mostly only statements maneuvering around the questions.

Please don't take that hint as offense, I just think it may be time to
put it on track again. - Thanks.

Janis