GNU bug report logs - #33970
Issue dpkg with diff

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From: Sergio Sámano <sergio_samano_salazar <at> hotmail.com>
To: "bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Issue dpkg with diff
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 23:03:40 +0000

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Hi

I have some issue related with apt-get update, upgrade, dpkg, are.,  running all of them as root(recovery mode)finished with:

dpkg: warning: 'diff' not found in PATH or no executable
dpkg: error: 1 expected program not found or not executable
Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/sbin/ and /sbin

I've checked
#uname -a
Linux debian 4.18.0.3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.18.20-2 (2018-11-23) x86_64 GNU/Linux
#echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

I've modified

/etc/sudoers
Adding the line

Defaults secure_path:"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

And in /root/.bashrc
Adding  the line

export PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin


Also in the file
/etc/profile  (doing match in both lines of PATH)
...
if [ "`id-u`" -eq 0 then]
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
else
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games"
...

And even after that I get the same

I've tried PATH before the instructions and is the same

Do you know why it is happening?
Do you have any guidance to resolve this?

Thanks in advance

Regards


Sergio Sámano

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Message #8 received at 33970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Sergio Sámano <sergio_samano_salazar <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: 33970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#33970: Issue dpkg with diff
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 22:25:06 -0800

tags 33970 + notabug
close 33970
stop

On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 3:29 PM Sergio Sámano
<sergio_samano_salazar <at> hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have some issue related with apt-get update, upgrade, dpkg, are.,  running all of them as root(recovery mode)finished with:
>
> dpkg: warning: 'diff' not found in PATH or no executable
> dpkg: error: 1 expected program not found or not executable
> Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/sbin/ and /sbin

Thanks for the report, but it appears to be due to a problem in your
environment and not a problem with GNU diff, so I'm closing this as
notabug.
I suggest you look for help on debian-related lists or forums.

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