Re: Maintaining PATH while running make with sudo

[John Calcote]

Hi Steve,

I this what you're talking about:

$ sudo -s
root's password:
# echo $PATH
/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin
# make
/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin
#
# cat Makefile
all:
        @echo $(PATH)
#
# make --version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This program built for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Seems to work for me on my 64-bit opensuse 11.2 box.

John

On 3/1/2010 1:52 PM, Steve Deiters wrote:
> It seems make is setting a default PATH variable when I run with sudo.
> If I run a root shell with 'sudo -s' followed by 'echo $PATH', I see the
> correct PATH.  However, while in the root shell if I run the simple
> Makefile:
>
>
> ----Makefile----
>
> all:
>         @echo $(PATH)
>
> ----------------
>
> it will not give me the same as the result from the echo.
>
>
> I am running Make 3.81, sudo 1.6.9p10, on Ubuntu 2.6.24-25-server
> kernel.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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