From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b4846bde7eaac045 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Samuel Tardieu Subject: Re: gnat on linux (strange problems and behaviour) Date: 1999/08/13 Message-ID: <87pv0sm30x.fsf@antinea.enst.fr>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 512197097 References: <37B0B4CB.E15ECC72@billybob.demon.co.uk> <37B3D56F.AB39C948@billybob.demon.co.uk> Mail-Copies-To: sam@ada.eu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.enst.fr X-Trace: enst.enst.fr 934537262 16253 137.194.160.145 (13 Aug 1999 09:41:02 GMT) Organization: TELECOM Paris User-Agent: Gnus/5.070084 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.84) XEmacs/21.2(beta3) (Aglaia) Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Aug 1999 09:41:02 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-08-13T09:41:02+00:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Brian" == brian writes: Brian> The problem ended up being that the '. 'directory was not in my Brian> path. Which quite surprised me as I don't remember any options Brian> where I decided not to put it in my Path on my new install Well, it is a safe choice not to have "." in your PATH as far as security is concerned: you can be in whatever directory you want, you will not take the risk of calling commands outside of the safe PATH you defined unless you explicitely provide the "./". Of course, if you are not using a multiuser system, this is overkill. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@ada.eu.org