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