Use the command builtin rather than which.

lib/src/global_packages.dart

Index: lib/src/global_packages.dart
diff --git a/lib/src/global_packages.dart b/lib/src/global_packages.dart
index 86ed14792d81b209ea5a77845a7f51b119ca6eda..4d1b7d390692fd1537962d92e54e7f98e193cef4 100644
--- a/lib/src/global_packages.dart
+++ b/lib/src/global_packages.dart
@@ -770,7 +770,11 @@ pub global run ${package.name}:$script "\$@"
           'A web search for "configure windows path" will show you how.');
     } else {
       // See if the shell can find one of the binstubs.
-      var result = runProcessSync("which", [installed]);
+      //
+      // The "command" builtin is more reliable than the "which" executable. See
+      // http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/85249/why-not-use-which-what-to-use-then
+      var result = runProcessSync("sh", ["-c", 'command -v "\$installed"'],

[kevmoo, 2016/07/14 21:22:13]

...or just add 'runInShell: true' ?

[nweiz, 2016/07/14 22:06:56]

Haha good idea!

+          environment: {"installed": installed});
       if (result.exitCode == 0) return;
 
       var binDir = _binStubDir;