why does _PATH_STDPATH contain the current directory?

[John Baldwin]

On Wednesday 23 December 2009 5:15:24 pm Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
> /usr/include/paths.h has:
> /* All standard utilities path. */
> #define _PATH_STDPATH   "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:"
> 
> The current directory appears to have been added accidentally years ago.
> Can I go ahead and take it out (the colon)?
> 
> The paths for rescue already do not have the current directory.
> 
> The main use for _PATH_STDPATH is to find all standard utilities, such
> as for the POSIX-specified confstr(_CS_PATH), 'getconf PATH' and
> 'command -p'. Some utilities also use it instead of _PATH_DEFPATH for
> root, but these values tend to be overridden by /etc/login.conf and/or
> shell startup files.

I vote to fix it.  That's an old bug. :)

-- 
John Baldwin