On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 19:20 +0200, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > One example is "sudo > apt-get install sbcl" which fails because HOME is not set.
> Do you think this is > 1) a bug in sudo default configuration > 2) a bug in the packages that won't install without HOME or SHELL > or 3) not a bug at all and "sudo apt-get install foo" is not supposed to work? > > Or perhaps 4) sudo should warn/ask about this at install/upgrade time? My gut reaction is number 2, that packages shouldn't depend on HOME or SHELL to install correctly. However, I can't immediately find a policy reference to point to regarding this. I'm in the midst of a discussion with the security team now about what the default configuration of sudo should really be, and how we could improve the packaging (particularly the stable update) to better communicate what's going on. Thanks for providing this information. Bdale -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
