bug#40550: zsh: sudo is not setuid

[Efraim Flashner]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 10:58:52AM +0300, Alexandru-Sergiu Marton wrote:
> On Mon Apr 13, 2020 at 6:14 PM PST, Leo Famulari wrote:
> > I tested it, and if the file ~/.zprofile already exists when Guix tries
> > to set up its own ~/.zprofile, then nothing is done. Maybe you already
> > had a ~/.zprofile?
> 
> What does "when Guix tries to set up its own ~/.zprofile" exactly mean?
> When should that happen? I tried reconfiguring my system to use zsh and
> I deleted my ~/.zprofile prior to that, but after the reconfiguration
> there was no new ~/.zprofile created in my home dir.

I believe it would only insert a new .zprofile when a new user is
created. zprofile is in (gnu system shadow) and currently it only
sources /etc/profile.

> 
> Currently I append /run/setuid-programs manually to my PATH to get
> around this issue.

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