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? -- gram
