On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 at 12:09, Roger Oberholtzer <roger.oberholtzer@gmail.com> wrote:
We install our software system-wide in /opt. It belongs to root. It is placed at the end of the PATH. If a user wants to override a program (a test, whatever), they can put it in $HOME/bin and it will 'replace' what we have in /opt.
What I see was proposed here, is not going to change any of that in any way. This is NOT about what goes into $PATH. The proposal is what "useradd -m" creates for so far nonexistent accounts. Nothing else. In my openSUSE (tw) usages, which is around 300 physical hosts and virtual machines, I probably have half a handful of $HOME/bin directories that are not empty. I would not shed any tears for this change (to not create $HOME/bin on new user creation) is implemented. best regards Patrick