sudoedit doesn't respect $EDITOR

[Shahar Or]

Dear Friends,

According to the man page, sudoedit should respect and use my $EDITOR.

It doesn't. It always uses nano.

Thanks and Blessings,
Shahar

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: sudo 1.8.5p2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-5.5-generic 3.5.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-5-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 24 18:16:54 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120421)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen-bce
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sudo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-12 (11 days ago)
VisudoCheck:
 /etc/sudoers: parsed OK
 /etc/sudoers.d/README: parsed OK

[Benjamin Kerensa (bkerensa)]

Have you tried:

sudo update-alternatives –config editor

    $ sudo update-alternatives –config editor

    There are 5 alternatives which provide `editor’.
    Selection Alternative
    ———————————————–
    1 /usr/bin/vim
    2 /bin/ed
    *+ 3 /bin/nano
    4 /usr/bin/vim.basic
    5 /usr/bin/vim.tiny
    Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:

[Shahar Or (mightyiam)]

Dear Benjamin,

That would be a workaround. So thank you for it but it doesn't mean that there is no bug here.

So changing back to new.

Thanks,
Shahar