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and subject line Re: /etc/profile requires implicit PATH set before setting it
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regarding /etc/profile requires implicit PATH set before setting it
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Package: base-files
Version: 12.4+deb12u8
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi,
reproducer for the problem:
$ mkdir tmp
$ sudo debootstrap bookworm tmp/
[...]
$ sudo PATH=not-set-correctly /usr/sbin/chroot tmp/ /bin/bash -l
bash: id: command not found
bash: [: : integer expression expected
PATH is taken from the parent shell, and that's sometimes undefined or
doesn't include /usr/bin/.
As such, the line 4 in /etc/profile should be changed from
if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
to
if [ "$(/usr/bin/id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
Thanks in advance!
Greets,
Lee
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.8
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (990, 'stable-updates'), (990, 'stable-security'), (990,
'proposed-updates'), (990, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.10.11+bpo-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages base-files depends on:
ii gawk [awk] 1:5.2.1-2
ii mawk [awk] 1.3.4.20200120-3.1
base-files recommends no packages.
base-files suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 03:42:56PM +0100, Lee Garrett wrote:
> Package: base-files
> Version: 12.4+deb12u8
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
>
> Hi,
>
> reproducer for the problem:
>
> $ mkdir tmp
> $ sudo debootstrap bookworm tmp/
> [...]
> $ sudo PATH=not-set-correctly /usr/sbin/chroot tmp/ /bin/bash -l
> bash: id: command not found
> bash: [: : integer expression expected
>
> PATH is taken from the parent shell, and that's sometimes undefined or
> doesn't include /usr/bin/.
Hello. Given that some distributions (for example, Ubuntu) do not have
any PATH at all in /etc/profile, I consider reasonable to assume that
by the time /etc/profile is read, PATH contains /usr/bin at least.
So, if PATH is undefined or does not include /usr/bin, it's probably a
symptom that there is something wrong somewhere. Modifying /etc/profile
as suggested would just hide the problem and make the file more
complex without a real need.
Thanks.
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