On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 20:17, Paul Vojta wrote: > > Being able to set the PATH for dpkg might be considered > > a feature, not a bug. > > Only if it's done intentionally. > E.g.: bash% DPKG_PATH=... dpkg -i foobar.deb dpkg can't know how the path was set. Still, I think you are right that the packaging system should be able to find its own components when the user sets the PATH.