From 63f4e0165010ea8e2b0d0a674c21cd0b4e8b3d83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roey Darwish Dror <roey.ghost@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:32:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve DIFFPROG when running Pacdiff in sudo (fix #842)

---
 src/steps/os/linux.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/steps/os/linux.rs b/src/steps/os/linux.rs
index b0b5b6a3..0d5dcd2a 100644
--- a/src/steps/os/linux.rs
+++ b/src/steps/os/linux.rs
@@ -544,7 +544,11 @@ pub fn run_config_update(sudo: Option<&PathBuf>, run_type: RunType) -> Result<()
         }
 
         print_separator("Configuration update");
-        run_type.execute(sudo).arg(pacdiff).check_run()?;
+        run_type
+            .execute(sudo)
+            .arg("--preserve-env=DIFFPROG")
+            .arg(pacdiff)
+            .check_run()?;
     }
 
     Ok(())