inews rather than PATH

Package: nn; Maintainer for nn is Cord Beermann <cord@debian.org>; Source for nn is src:nn (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: sysadmin@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Ian Jackson)

Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 15:33:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1-01

Done: unknown

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, mjh@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Mark Harrison), Mike Coleman <coleman@chez-gnu.cstp.umkc.edu>:
Bug#14025; Package nn. (full text, mbox, link).

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New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to mjh@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Mark Harrison), Mike Coleman <coleman@chez-gnu.cstp.umkc.edu>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Package: nn
Version: 6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1-01

Mark Harrison, one of my users, points out that nn is compiled to call
/usr/bin/inews by its absolute pathname, rather than searching the
PATH.

This is suboptimal - hardcoded PATHs are a bad thing.  In my
environment this causes posting not to work at all.  Now I'll have to
use dpkg-divert on inews.

Ian.

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Debian Bug report logs - #14025 nn is compiled to usr /usr/bin/inews rather than PATH

Debian Bug report logs - #14025
nn is compiled to usr /usr/bin/inews rather than PATH