home dir executable (!/bin/sh, chmod+x) shell scripts won't run without "sh <script>"

[Jonathan Chen]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 01:21:46PM -0500, Robert Huff wrote:
> James Harrison writes:
> 
> >  One example that comes to mind is the CUPS port. It installs its
> >  own version of the lpr binary in /usr/local/bin. However, there's
> >  also an instance of lpr, the BSD version, in /usr/bin. So how do
> >  you make sure you're using the CUPS version of the binary?
> >  
> >  The recommended way is a simple path edit, so that /usr/local/bin
> >  appears before /usr/bin in the path. This way, your OS will use
> >  the /usr/local/bin/lpr binary, leaving the system one untouched
> >  and, if you ever want to revert to the system one you can simply
> >  switch the path again. You can also accomplish a similar thing
> >  with symlinks, but this is one useful idea for using the path.
> 
> 	There's another way, though one with implications - add:
> 
> CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=    "yes"
> 
> 	to /etc/make.conf.

Another alternative would be to remove the system binaries (and add
"NO_LPR=" to /etc/make.conf to prevent its reinstallation during a
build/installworld).

Cheers.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
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