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authorJulian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>2018-12-10 16:52:59 +0100
committerJulian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>2018-12-10 17:31:24 +0100
commit806e94dcd8dbdf7bf1909657fd4331cfe17b4ab0 (patch)
tree6c0795c08971f80cd532dd66416b96215d2ae482 /debian
parent37bdbe03d44975951d2518bb9b3d3636081dca6a (diff)
Set PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin when running dpkg
This avoids a lot of problems from local installations of scripting languages and other stuff in /usr/local for which maintainer scripts are not prepared. [v3: Inherit PATH during tests, check overrides work] [v2: Add testing]
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diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
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+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+apt (1.8.0~alpha3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+ The PATH for running dpkg is now configured by the option DPkg::Path,
+ and defaults to "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin/:bin". Previous behavior of
+ not changing PATH may be restored by setting the option to an empty string.
+
+ -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:51:36 +0100
+
apt (1.6~rc1) unstable; urgency=medium
Seccomp sandboxing has been turned off by default for now. If it works