pkexec does not include /usr/local/(s)bin in its PATH

[stefanct]

I am not too familiar with the various standardization efforts on linux directories but what I do know is that I use executables within /usr/local/ and that debian's default profile includes them in the bash's PATH. Is it a deliberate decision that the /usr/local/ subdirs are not part of the default path of pkexec, which seems to be set here?

[jrybar-rh]

Well, AFAIK if /usr/local is part of PATH, it should be part of the environment already.

polkit/src/programs/pkexec.c

Line 914 in 3cc4847

g_ptr_array_add (saved_env, g_strdup ("PATH"));

Did you run into a specific problem? Can you please describe it and state a rationale?
Thank you.

[stefanct]

I can't remember what I was doing 6 months ago exactly but I had clearly problems executing an executable in /usr/local/bin (or sbin as root) via pkexec because of failing PATH lookups. As I wrote, yes, /usr/local/bin is part of my environment. AFAICT the spot you pasted (which is the same I linked) creates PATH from scratch and does not append to an existing environment.