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#457
Beowulf upgrade drops "sbin" directories from root $PATH
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Package: unclear
Version: unclear (Beowulf-related)
Description of Problem
After upgrade from ASCII to Beowulf, /sbin, /usr/sbin, and /usr/local/sbin are dropped from the root $PATH variable.
Explanation
I performed an install of Devuan ASCII and immediately upgraded to beowulf:
sed -i 's/ascii/beowulf/g' /etc/apt/sources.list && \
apt-get update && \
apt-get dist-upgrade && \
apt-get autoremove && \
reboot
Upon reboot, I noticed that the "service" command could not be found. Nor could ifconfig. I could, however, run the command with the full path (ie, /sbin/ifconfig).
Workaround
echoing $PATH proved that there were no sbin directories (/sbin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/sbin). I was able to work around this with a simple export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin for my root account.
Other system information
# uname -a:
Linux HOSTNAME 4.19.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.118-2 (2020-04-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 3 (beowulf)
Release: 3
Codename: beowulf
Of course, if I were the culprit (not the upgrade), feel free to call me out.
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- siva
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bug#457; Package unclear.
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Message #8 received at 457@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Control: reassign -1 util-linux
Eidolon,
Thanks for this.
On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 05:02:56PM +0000, eidolon.alpha@protonmail.com wrote:
> Upon reboot, I noticed that the "service" command could not be found.
> Nor could ifconfig. I could, however, run the command with the full
> path (ie, /sbin/ifconfig).
>
> Workaround
>
> echoing $PATH proved that there were no sbin directories (/sbin,
> /usr/sbin, /usr/local/sbin). I was able to work around this with a
> simple export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin for my root
> account.
You don't say how you are using root. I suspect with su(1)?
If so, this behaviour change is known and well documented. See
- https://beta.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/beowulf/Release_notes_beowulf_3.0.0.txt
- /usr/share/doc/util-linux/NEWS.Debian.gz
Mark
bug reassigned from package 'unclear' to 'util-linux'.
Request was from Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>
to 457-submit@bugs.devuan.org.
(Mon, 11 May 2020 09:03:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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You have taken responsibility.
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bug acknowledged by developer.
(Mon, 11 May 2020 15:03:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Message #15 received at 457-done@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 01:48:16PM +0000, eidolon.alpha@protonmail.com wrote:
> Yup, that's it. Definitely missed that release note. Thank you.
Thanks for confirming.
Closing.
Mark
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