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From: kyle@xanth.UUCP (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Makefiles
Message-ID: <1815@xanth.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Aug-87 18:24:03 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  3 18:24:03 1987
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In a number of distributed software packages I have noticed that the Makefiles
assume that '.' will be in the PATH of the user that does the 'make'.  While
most UNIX system default to having '.' in the PATH, system administrators
will normally take it out (for themselves at least) for security reasons.

I ask that Makefiles in future distributions not assume '.' is in the PATH.