Comment # 4 on bug 988721 from Christoph Resch

(In reply to Wolfgang Bauer from comment #2)
> CC'ing the package maintainer.
> 
> Btw, the real problem seems to be that mkdosfs is in /sbin/ and /usr/sbin/,
> not in /bin/ or /usr/bin/.
> 
> (In reply to Richard Colvin from comment #0)
> > Debug message from helper: Executing: /bin/bash -c "mkdosfs -n 'usbname' -v
> > /dev/sdb1" 
> > Debug message from helper: ERROR OUTPUT :  "/bin/bash: mkdosfs: command not
> > found
> 

> In other words, it's not in the path apparently.

true , but I found no way to let bash honor environmental-variables while in
"-c" mode that is not an interactive shell .. 
also
--init-file
--rcfile 

dont work in "-c"-mode

in case of the 'quick-usb-formatter' it is NOT interactive .. so some hacks
wont work