Add a section about not hardcoding assumptions about the system

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Add a section about not hardcoding assumptions about the system

robrwo opened this issue 10 years ago · 11 comments

Don't hardcode assumptions about the system when they can be queried, e.g. don't assume a user's home directory is in /home/username. Get it by running getent passwd username | cut -f6 -d:.

Answer 1 · 2015-02-09T15:19:36.000Z

Would you be willing to contribute such a section in a PR?

thanks,
Aaron

Answer 2 · 2015-04-03T11:26:11.000Z

@robrwo any update?

Answer 3 · 2015-04-07T07:45:31.000Z

@azet no, I've been busy the past couple of months.

Answer 4 · 2015-04-07T09:29:48.000Z

@robrwo no worries. take your time!

Answer 5 · 2015-05-29T03:03:28.000Z

@robrwo

As there's no progress I'm closing this for now. Feel free to open a pull request once this work has been done and reference this issue in it.

Answer 6 · 2015-05-29T12:20:56.000Z

I've been busy, and it's on my to-do list.

Answer 7 · 2015-05-29T12:24:43.000Z

@robrwo sure, no problem. would you like me to re-open the issue?

ideally I'd wait until there's some progress.

Answer 8 · 2015-06-10T09:12:14.000Z

When I have something, I'll write a pull request. But I'd leave the issue open as a reminder.

Answer 9 · 2017-01-23T18:54:21.000Z

@robrwo ping?

Answer 10 · 2017-01-24T13:15:46.000Z

I'm still thinking about this. Busy.

Answer 11 · 2021-09-19T23:25:42.000Z

As there has been no progress in six (6) years, with the last comment from beginning of 2017 (four years ago), I'm going ahead and will close this ticket. You may re-open it, if you think it's appropriate. Although in that case I'd prefer a pull request with suggested changes for us to review, instead of a duplicate issue.

All the best,
Aaron