Error installing perl-doc: bug or poor usage?

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I encountered the following error while trying to install perl-doc:



$ su
Password:
# apt-get install perl-doc


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Get:1 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 perl-doc all 5.26.2-6 [7,429 kB]
Fetched 7,429 kB in 4s (1,721 kB/s) 
dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)


Granted, the solution was obvious:



# exit
$ su -
Password:
# apt-get install perl-doc


However, I have always installed with a simple su. And the perl-doc installation has always been pretty trivial.



My question is: does the package requiring ldconfig to be in PATH is reasonable (therefore my mistake and I need to get used to su - from now on) or is this bad practice from the packaging process and therefore a bug?




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    I encountered the following error while trying to install perl-doc:



    $ su
    Password:
    # apt-get install perl-doc


    <snip>



    Get:1 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 perl-doc all 5.26.2-6 [7,429 kB]
    Fetched 7,429 kB in 4s (1,721 kB/s) 
    dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
    dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
    dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
    Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)


    Granted, the solution was obvious:



    # exit
    $ su -
    Password:
    # apt-get install perl-doc


    However, I have always installed with a simple su. And the perl-doc installation has always been pretty trivial.



    My question is: does the package requiring ldconfig to be in PATH is reasonable (therefore my mistake and I need to get used to su - from now on) or is this bad practice from the packaging process and therefore a bug?




    debian packaging




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      I encountered the following error while trying to install perl-doc:



      $ su
      Password:
      # apt-get install perl-doc


      <snip>



      Get:1 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 perl-doc all 5.26.2-6 [7,429 kB]
      Fetched 7,429 kB in 4s (1,721 kB/s) 
      dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
      dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
      dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
      Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin
      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)


      Granted, the solution was obvious:



      # exit
      $ su -
      Password:
      # apt-get install perl-doc


      However, I have always installed with a simple su. And the perl-doc installation has always been pretty trivial.



      My question is: does the package requiring ldconfig to be in PATH is reasonable (therefore my mistake and I need to get used to su - from now on) or is this bad practice from the packaging process and therefore a bug?




      debian packaging




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      I encountered the following error while trying to install perl-doc:



      $ su
      Password:
      # apt-get install perl-doc


      <snip>



      Get:1 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 perl-doc all 5.26.2-6 [7,429 kB]
      Fetched 7,429 kB in 4s (1,721 kB/s) 
      dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
      dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
      dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
      Note: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin
      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)


      Granted, the solution was obvious:



      # exit
      $ su -
      Password:
      # apt-get install perl-doc


      However, I have always installed with a simple su. And the perl-doc installation has always been pretty trivial.



      My question is: does the package requiring ldconfig to be in PATH is reasonable (therefore my mistake and I need to get used to su - from now on) or is this bad practice from the packaging process and therefore a bug?





      debian packaging





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