Hi Many thanks and apologies - several googles didn't find this answer!!!
Nick On 29/04/2022 13:39, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report which was filed against the apt package: #1010356: apt: PATH messed up by apt eg starting with /usr/local/sbin in PATH It has been closed by David Kalnischkies <da...@kalnischkies.de>. Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact David Kalnischkies <da...@kalnischkies.de> by replying to this email.