On 14/01/2011 19:42, Timothy Pearson wrote:
> The reason for the third-party sudo is simply to add /opt/kde3/bin and
> friends to the built-in RPATH variable, thus allowing Trinity applications
> to be launched via "sudo<appname>", instead of "sudo
> /opt/trinity/bin/<appname>".  That's the only change; if you don't trust
> me grab the source of the official sudo package and the modified one and
> run a diff between them. ;-)
>    
It's been a while know that I trust you and I'm confident in your project!
But at first, Trinity was a "non-identified project", that's normal! ;-)

> As such, installation is optional but highly recommended if you use sudo
> often.
>    
I do, so I need it.

> A far better method would be to allow a configuration file to add new
> paths to an arbitrary location within the RPATH variable (thus not
> requiring a recompiled version of sudo), but I don't think that will
> happen for a long time, if ever.
>
> Hope this helps clear up some of the confusion!
>    
Yes, thank you for the very clear explanations.
Maybe another to do the job would be to use an alias such as
     alias sudo='RPATH=$RPATH:/opt/trinity/bin /usr/bin/sudo'
or something like that...?

Nicolas