Re: Rearrange shell search path

[Paul Eggert]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> I think the search for the best shell should favor the user's $PATH
> over /bin and /usr/bin, in case the user has a more up-to-date shell
> intentionally at the front of their path.

Thanks, but in practice we've found that users screw up more often
than sysadmins do, which explains why the system directories are
searched first.  Users can specify CONFIG_SHELL in their environment
to override Autoconf's guess.

(Anyway, over time, as Solaris 8 dies out, this problem will become
obsolete.  :-)