[Fedora-packaging] Executable example scripts in docs

Ralf Corsepius rc040203 at freenet.de
Fri Mar 13 12:19:30 UTC 2009


Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:50:44 +0100, Ralf wrote:
> 
>>  > Such a warning is good, because it can happen that doc files are +x by
>>  > mistake. Since executable scripts are easier to execute accidentally
>>  > than non-executable scripts, making them -x is safer.
>> Only if you have them in $PATH.
> 
> Also in current dir

*nix newbie lesson #1: Do not have '.' in $PATH.

Actually, I think, this rpmlint craze only exists to play low rpm's 
brokenness on handing /usr/share/doc/+.

Ralf




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