Bug#18567: 18567 -- bug or feature?

[Graham Wilson <bob@decoy.wox.org>]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 09:54:58AM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> 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. 

why does dpkg not use absolute pathnames?

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