> I don't think sudo should be a dependency.

It only is a dependency on distributions that use sudo in their core
packages such as Ubuntu.

>
> Also, why does trinity have it's own sudo? I'd think it should be able to
> find it in $PATH?

Look up the sudo RPATH "feature".  Basically if the application is not
present in /usr/bin or a handful of other hardcoded directories sudo won't
find it.

Tim