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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: gnat on linux (strange problems and behaviour)
Date: 1999/08/21
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In article <37BEA492.413D9707@ebox.tninet.se>,
  Stefan Skoglund <stetson@ebox.tninet.se> wrote:
> a software package should never require . in the PATH.
> This is most definitely broken !!!
>
> Consider the existence of trojans.

Sorry I do not see what you are talking about. As Sam said,
if you have a single user machine on which you control all
software on the machine, and no one else uses it, then
putting . in your path is not a problem.



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