Bug#641013: upgrade-reports: ldconfig not found in path - start-stop-deamon not fount in path - dpkg error code (2) +++

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

[re-ordered and re-formatted a little]

Hi,

On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 14:46 +0200, amd965 wrote:
> > dpkg: advarsel: «ldconfig» ikke funnet i PATH eller ikke kjørbar.
> > dpkg: advarsel: «start-stop-daemon» ikke funnet i PATH eller ikke kjørbar.
> > dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable.
> > Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin.

On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 15:02 +0100, Jonathan Joseph wrote:
> I`ve been getting the same thing if I try to invoke dselect with sudo.
> Works fine if I su instead.

It sounds like you're both experiencing a side-effect of a change made
in the most recent sudo upload regarding the default PATH setting - see
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639323 for a related
discussion.

Regards,

Adam