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has caused the Debian Bug report #493269,
regarding /usr/bin/which does not expand "~"
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493269: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=493269
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: debianutils
Version: 2.28.2-0ubuntu1
If a users sets a private directory such as "~/sbin" in their PATH the
which command will
not expand the "~" leaving it useless
Steps to reproduce
create an executable helloworld.sh script and place it in your ~/sbin
add ~/sbin to your PATH
execute
which helloworld
results expected.
/username/sbin/helloworld.sh
results recieved:
No results from the which command.
Suggested fix:
Allow the which script to expand the "~" via the following patch
root@bork:/usr/bin# diff which.old which
45c45,46
< for ELEMENT in $PATH; do
---
> for UNEXPANDED_ELEMENT in $PATH; do
> ELEMENT=`eval echo $UNEXPANDED_ELEMENT`
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
bash 4.3.39 appears to have this fixed, and therefore no one
should have a problem anymore.
--- End Message ---
