647026 – sys-apps/util-linux-2.31.1 - whereis: ordering of results does not respect $PATH (obeying EPREFIX)

Bug 647026 - sys-apps/util-linux-2.31.1 - whereis: ordering of results does not respect $PATH (obeying EPREFIX)

Summary: sys-apps/util-linux-2.31.1 - whereis: ordering of results does not respect $P...

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

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Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2018-02-08 17:53 UTC by Martin Mokrejš
Modified:	2018-03-02 01:50 UTC (History)
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Description Martin Mokrejš 2018-02-08 17:53:39 UTC

In bug #646882 it turned out that whereis utility ignores my $PATH and reports places where a binary is present. If an application relies on the listing of full paths to whichever binary, it may on Gentooo PREFIX-ed installations execute an executable from say /usr/bin/foo instead of ${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/foo . That could be a different arch and may not even work.

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-02-10 11:48:29 UTC

(In reply to Martin Mokrejš from comment #0)
> If an application relies on the listing of full paths to whichever binary[...]

...it definitely shouldn't rely on whereis to provide it. FTFY.

Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-03-02 01:50:31 UTC

I am not sure if this a bug. Please file a bug with upstream at https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues