Eshell sudo does not accept option

Question

In the eshell prompt the -E option can't be passe. I end with the following error:

$ sudo -E gmake install
-E: command not found

Does someone have a solution to that? Thanks

Answer 1

You are calling the Eshell built-in sudo. Do a

% which sudo

to see and look here: http://www.gnu.org/s/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/Built_002dins.html.

You can do

% *sudo -E gmake install

to call the usual command.