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and subject line Re: Bug#1010356: apt: PATH messed up by apt eg starting with
/usr/local/sbin in PATH
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Package: apt
Version: 2.2.4
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
My postinstall fails to find a called script in /usr/local/sbin
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Test using dpkg directly - note PATH shown in DEBUG line:
root@TSB-168:/home/am43# dpkg -i
itrackbox-bluetooth-3.2.1-20220429.112606.7359946.deb
(Reading database ... 32911 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack itrackbox-bluetooth-3.2.1-20220429.112606.7359946.deb ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/itrackbox-bluetooth.prerm DEBUG
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
Unpacking itrackbox-bluetooth (3.2.1-20220429.112606.7359946) over
(3.2.1-20220429.112313.7c03e96) ...
Setting up itrackbox-bluetooth (3.2.1-20220429.112606.7359946) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/itrackbox-bluetooth.postinst DEBUG
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
and same package via apt:
root@TSB-168:/home/am43# apt install --reinstall
./itrackbox-bluetooth-3.2.1-20220429.112313.7c03e96.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'itrackbox-bluetooth' instead of
'./itrackbox-bluetooth-3.2.1-20220429.112313.7c03e96.deb'
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
itrackbox-bluetooth
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/8308 B of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 /home/am43/itrackbox-bluetooth-3.2.1-20220429.112313.7c03e96.deb
itrackbox-bluetooth armhf 3.2.1-20220429.112313.7c03e96 [8308 B]
dpkg: warning: downgrading itrackbox-bluetooth from
3.2.1-20220429.112606.7359946 to 3.2.1-20220429.112313.7c03e96
(Reading database ... 32911 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../itrackbox-bluetooth-3.2.1-20220429.112313.7c03e96.deb
...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/itrackbox-bluetooth.prerm DEBUG /usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
Unpacking itrackbox-bluetooth (3.2.1-20220429.112313.7c03e96) over
(3.2.1-20220429.112606.7359946) ...
Setting up itrackbox-bluetooth (3.2.1-20220429.112313.7c03e96) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/itrackbox-bluetooth.postinst DEBUG
/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
root@TSB-168:/home/am43#
* What was the outcome of this action?
My postinst script fails unless I call scripts using full path
* What outcome did you expect instead?
PATH should not be messed with
-- Package-specific info:
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/itrack.list present, but not submitted) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armhf (armv7l)
Kernel: Linux 5.4.106-itb3.03 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=locale: Cannot set
LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii debian-archive-keyring 2021.1.1
ii gpgv 2.2.27-2+deb11u1
ii libapt-pkg6.0 2.2.4
ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u3
ii libgcc-s1 10.2.1-6
ii libgnutls30 3.7.1-5
ii libseccomp2 2.5.1-1+deb11u1
ii libstdc++6 10.2.1-6
ii libsystemd0 247.3-7
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20210119
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.20.9
ii gnupg 2.2.27-2+deb11u1
pn powermgmt-base <none>
-- debconf information:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_CTYPE = "C.UTF-8",
LANG = "en_GB.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi,
On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 12:06:40PM +0000, Nick Taylor wrote:
> * What led up to the situation?
> My postinstall fails to find a called script in /usr/local/sbin
This is actually the desired behaviour as maintainer scripts are tested
to be working correctly with the scripts and binaries they encounter in
a given distribution, not with all the possible things they could
potentially encounter via /usr/local/ like older/newer self-built
versions of the named tool, or something entirely different which just
happens to share the same name as something packaged…
The change came with a NEWS entry, quoted in full here:
| apt (1.8.0~alpha3) unstable; urgency=medium
|
| The PATH for running dpkg is now configured by the option DPkg::Path,
| and defaults to "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin". Previous behavior of
| not changing PATH may be restored by setting the option to an empty string.
|
| Support for /etc/apt/auth.conf.d/ has been added, see apt_auth.conf(5).
|
| -- Julian Andres Klode <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:02:11 +0100
MR was: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/merge_requests/38
So, as this is documented & intended default behaviour, with an option
to tweak and/or disable, I am closing as not a bug.
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
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