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| From | Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: column - how to get it updated? |
| Date | 2019-07-25 14:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ynL2F-7NR-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ynCVr-2Bo-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <ynDeN-2Yn-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 12:06:54AM -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > In my "Development Days", I would have gotten the Source for the newer > version, Compile it in my own System, copy the result into /usr/local/bin > and put it before /usr/bin. > > Do people still do Workarounds like this? Yes. In fact, that's precisely why /usr/local/bin is supposed to be in your $PATH before /usr/bin or /bin. (And $HOME/bin before /usr/local/bin.) The sysadmin is allowed to override the vendor, and the user is allowed to override the sysadmin's defaults. That's how Unix is designed.
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column - how to get it updated? Andrew Punnett <andrew.punnett@gmail.com> - 2019-07-25 05:50 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-07-25 06:10 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-07-25 14:30 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-07-25 06:50 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2019-07-26 05:00 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-07-26 06:30 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-07-26 07:30 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2019-07-26 14:30 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-07-26 18:40 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-07-26 10:00 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-07-26 14:40 +0200
Re: column - how to get it updated? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-07-26 15:00 +0200
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