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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] To make GIT-VERSION-FILE, search for git more widely
Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 01:33:34 -0700
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Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:

> Problem: when git is installed into /usr/local/bin, running 'sudo make
> install' won't find git in $PATH (because sudo strips PATH, for instance
> on openSUSE 11.1, and doesn't include /usr/local/whatever).

That sounds like a bug/misfeature in sudo (which I do not use) to me.