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  1. Bug #182942
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 182942

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Adam D. Barratt (adam-barratt) wrote :

Matthias Klose wrote on 2008-02-08

> why a new option, if
> PATH=/opt/foo/bin:$PATH debuild ...
> works as well?

That won't work unless one uses --preserve-env=PATH. The new option also allows one to have a "dirty" path in the build environment and not have to worry about that by letting debuild sanitise it and then add the new directory