From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 08:33:34 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] To make GIT-VERSION-FILE, search for git more widely
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In-Reply-To: <1241684666-18956-1-git-send-email-matthias.andree@gmx.de>

Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:

> Problem: when git is installed into /usr/local/bin, running 'sudo make
> install' won't find git in $PATH (because sudo strips PATH, for instance
> on openSUSE 11.1, and doesn't include /usr/local/whatever).

That sounds like a bug/misfeature in sudo (which I do not use) to me.