RE: Maintaining PATH while running make with sudo

[Steve Deiters]

I had thought make was changing my PATH under root for some reason, but
it is actually just the root login modifying it.  I am trying to keep a
path to my compiler when I run make with sudo so I can run 'sudo make
install', but my compiler is a cross compiler in a non-standard
location.

It seems this is not a make issue though.  Now I just need to find the
right startup script to put my path in for sudo access.

Thanks.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Calcote [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 3:07 PM
> To: Steve Deiters
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Maintaining PATH while running make with sudo
> 
> 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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