[BUG] - CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH env var needed even when --socket-path is used with transaction build

[mkoura]

Internal

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Summary
The --socket-path overrides the CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH environment variable. However in case of cardano-cli transaction build the CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH environment variable is needed even when the --socket-path is used:

cardano-cli transaction build --tx-in "3ff20a5801b7b504de3793b4507d97c28665abddb5394457068b106fe897e709#0" --tx-out "addr_test1vqzd976h3y65hdrfyhr26pxjd8gjqg0sjhcu0pjt0g6l35ghw3x74+1500000" --change-address addr_test1vze3a3ljzsa2r2s3un8qlmqep8uylxrqqzuyvnkse2njn2gncqzjx --out-file test_build_transfer_funds_ci0_erj_tx.body --babbage-era --testnet-magic 42 --socket-path /home/martink/Source/repos/cardano-node/state-cluster0/bft1.socket

Command failed: transaction build Error: Error while looking up environment variable:
CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH Error: "CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH"

That is not the case for other commands that accept --socket-path:

cardano-cli query tip --testnet-magic 42 --socket-path /home/martink/Source/repos/cardano-node/state-cluster0/bft1.socket --cardano-mode

{
    "block": 1626,
    "epoch": 15,
    "era": "Babbage",
    "hash": "a694b02252152671630240d4456d394178b6fd238f9cebed4a127de5f8033772",
    "slot": 15747,
    "slotInEpoch": 747,
    "slotsToEpochEnd": 253,
    "syncProgress": "100.00"
}

Expected behavior
The CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH environment variable is not needed when the --socket-path is used.

System info:

• OS Name: Linux
• OS Version: Fedora 37
• Node version: 529806a
• CLI version: 529806a

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[mkoura]

Fixed in node version 8.1.0.