On 2018-10-28 16:58 +0000, Grzesiek Sójka wrote:
> On 10/28/18 2:10 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Wouldn't it be better to fix the init system that sets such a bad
>> default PATH? Whatever init system that may be - sysv-rc's
>> /etc/init.d/rc script sets PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin, so this
>> should not happen with sysvinit + sysv-rc.
>
> Please, keep in mind that /etc/init.d/rpcbind may also be invoked by
> /etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs (after bringing up interfaces):
>
> # grep PATH /etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs
> PATH=/sbin:/bin
I see. This could be fixed in ifupdown by not setting PATH in its init
scripts or by setting PATH in the rpcbind init script.
Overall PATH handling in init scripts is a total mess and needs to be
cleaned up. These days /usr is supposed to be mounted by the initramfs
if it's on a different filesystem than /, so init scripts can rely on it
being present.
Please file a bug - most maintainers use systemd these days where those
problems do not exist, so they won't notice them.
Cheers,
Sven
