[Help-bash] PATH in bash anomaly

[Rob Lingebach]

Having a problem with $PATH in bash on RedHat.  It might be something 
simple I'm overlooking...

echoing $PATH looks ok:

(00:25 address@hidden /usr/local/src) # echo $PATH
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/usr/bin


In the example below, rpm can’t find /bin/bash, nor /bin/sh, nor 
/usr/bin/perl.

Here’s the diagnostic of a command that fails:


(00:24 address@hidden /usr/local/src) # rpm -ivv 
rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm

D: ============== rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
D: Expected size:       311093 = lead(96)+sigs(344)+pad(0)+data(310653)
D:   Actual size:       311093
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys rdonly mode=0x0
warning: rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: 
NOKEY, key ID e8562897
D:      added binary package [0]
D: found 0 source and 1 binary packages
D: ========== +++ rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5 x86_64/linux 0x2
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Depends create mode=0x0
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Basenames rdonly mode=0x0
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Providename rdonly mode=0x0
D:  Requires: /bin/bash                                     NO
D: package rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64 has unsatisfied Requires: 
/bin/bash
D:  Requires: /bin/sh                                       NO
D: package rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64 has unsatisfied Requires: /bin/sh
D:  Requires: /usr/bin/perl                                 NO
D: package rpm-build-4.4.2.3-34.el5.x86_64 has unsatisfied Requires: 
/usr/bin/perl


Thank you in advance for any help.

Rob Lingebach