Bug#780725: PATH used for building is not specified

[Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>]

package: debian-policy
affects: simutrans-pak128.britain
x-debbugs-cc: ansgar@debian.org, reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

I've just noticed and filed "#780724: simutrans-pak128.britain ftbfs if PATH 
does not contain /usr/games" which made me notice that PATH is not specified 
in debian-policy. 

buildd.debian.org uses 

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games 

while pbuilder uses 

PATH="/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" 


So this brings up three questions: a.) should /usr/games be in PATH when 
building packages? b.) should /usr/local/* be part of PATH? and finally, c.) 
what should PATH be, what must PATH include, what must not be included in 
PATH?

Thanks for maintaining debian-policy!


cheers,
	Holger

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