[JENKINS-52640] executable not found in subshells

Consider the following pipeline used in a Go project:

node {

	def goPackage = 'myrepo.com/myproject'

	def goPath    = "${JENKINS_HOME}/jobs/${JOB_NAME}/builds/${BUILD_ID}"


	// Jenkins binds WORKSPACE:WORKSPACE (host:container) when executing steps inside a Docker container, therefore the workspace path must be GOPATH-compatible.

	ws("${goPath}/src/${goPackage}") {

		withEnv(["GOPATH=${goPath}", 'GOCACHE=/tmp/.gocache']) {

			stage('Checkout'){

				checkout(scm)

			}

			// Default GOPATH is owned by root, so we mount our custom GOPATH from the host.

			docker.image('golang:1.10').inside('-v $GOPATH:$GOPATH -e PATH=$GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin') {

				stage('Static checks'){

					// places 'golint' inside $GOPATH/bin

					sh 'go get -u golang.org/x/lint/golint'

					sh 'golint ./...'

					sh 'golint ./... | grep -v "some text"'

				}

			}

		}

	}

}

While the first call to golint works, the second one fails with:

/bin/sh: 1: golint: not found

I can reproduce the behaviour in any subshell (regular parenthesis, command substitution, pipe). The only way around it is to use the full path to the executable.

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Originally reported by antoineco, imported from: executable not found in subshells

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): docker-workflow-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 1
  
• imported: 2025-12-07
  

Raw content of original issue

Consider the following pipeline used in a Go project:




node {

	def goPackage = 'myrepo.com/myproject'

	def goPath    = "${JENKINS_HOME}/jobs/${JOB_NAME}/builds/${BUILD_ID}"


	// Jenkins binds WORKSPACE:WORKSPACE (host:container) when executing steps inside a Docker container, therefore the workspace path must be GOPATH-compatible.

	ws("${goPath}/src/${goPackage}") {

		withEnv(["GOPATH=${goPath}", 'GOCACHE=/tmp/.gocache']) {

			stage('Checkout'){

				checkout(scm)

			}

			// Default GOPATH is owned by root, so we mount our custom GOPATH from the host.

			docker.image('golang:1.10').inside('-v $GOPATH:$GOPATH -e PATH=$GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin') {

				stage('Static checks'){

					// places 'golint' inside $GOPATH/bin

					sh 'go get -u golang.org/x/lint/golint'

					sh 'golint ./...'

					sh 'golint ./... | grep -v "some text"'

				}

			}

		}

	}

}





While the first call to golint works, the second one fails with:




/bin/sh: 1: golint: not found





I can reproduce the behaviour in any subshell (regular parenthesis, command substitution, pipe). The only way around it is to use the full path to the executable.

environment

```
Jenkins 2.133

Pipeline 2.5

Pipeline: Basic Steps 2.9

Pipeline: Groovy 2.54

Pipeline: Stage Step 2.3

Docker Pipeline 1.17
```