Junio C Hamano schrieb: > Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@xxxxxx> writes: > >> Problem: when git is installed into /usr/local/bin, running 'sudo make >> install' won't find git in $PATH (because sudo strips PATH, for instance >> on openSUSE 11.1, and doesn't include /usr/local/whatever). > > That sounds like a bug/misfeature in sudo (which I do not use) to me. sudo resets the environment, in particular also PATH. Why would this be a bug? Current distros set env_reset in /etc/soduers for a reason. Not that I know the reason in detail, but I won't claim that I'm more clever with regards to security issues than distro packagers; so I trust that if they do it, then it makes sense. -- Hannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html