checkinstall scripts PATH set wrong

[Jeff Sadowski_2]

OK after patching my system yesterday and forcing to ignore the checkinstall script for the main package I needed I decided to do more investigating as to what is going wrong
I put an echo into the script to find out what its PATH is set to
I added the line "echo path= $PATH"
and here is the output that gave
path= :/usr/sbin:/usr/lbin/sw
so it only appears to be looking in /usr/sbin for any real commands I think this is happening for all checkinstall scripts so I would like to fix this issue.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Jeff,

I'd look at /etc/profile or .profile because patching rarely if ever changes the location of files or the environment variables. More likely , this is a fault in the system environment.

SEP

[Jeff Sadowski_2]

seeing

UTILS="/usr/lbin/sw/control_utils"

...

. $UTILS

tells me to lookin

/usr/lbin/sw/control_utils
for the issue

looking at the line
PATH=${SW_PATH%:}:/usr/sbin:/usr/lbin/sw

I see no metion of ${SW_PATH%:}
this looks kind of strange with the %: in there

[Jeff Sadowski_2]

OK so it seems these scripts get environment variables from swinstall such as ${SW_PATH} and ${SW_ROOT} and such
so in order to test them on the commandline I need to set these variables.
Is there a way to see what variables that swinstall sets?

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

There is nothing to "fix". SD control scripts can't assume any paths exists other than what it supplies. You can use absolute paths if you know that path is mounted.

>so in order to test them on the commandline I need to set these variables. Is there a way to see what variables that swinstall sets?

Right, I've wanted to do that. Make sure you use sh and not ksh.
Well, you could use env(1) (/usr/bin/env) to list them all. But they are documented in Software Distributor Administration Guide:
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv2.html#Installing%20and%20Updating
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90979/ch11s04.html#d0e30149

[Jeff Sadowski_2]

The last response answered my question in full.