preparing a new release (part 2)

[Philip Kendall]

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 05:52:42PM -0500, linas wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 11:47:26PM +0100, Philip Kendall was heard to remark:
> 
> export PATH=$PATH:.

<rant>

This is a *very bad idea*. It leaves you open to typo trojans: say you're
in the /tmp directory on a multi-user box. You accidently type "sl"
instead of "ls". You now run /tmp/sl, which could have been installed by
anybody. You lose. "." should *never* appear on your $PATH.

</rant>

Phil (with vague apologies for off-topicness)

-- 
"I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd."
"Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called
upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around?"
                                            Giles and Buffy: Intervention