Bug#18567: 18567 -- bug or feature?
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Graham Wilson wrote:
> 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?
So the admin can control what dpkg calls. Also, maintainer scripts don't
hard-code paths.
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