Re: Document /homeless-shelter?

[Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>]

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Hi,

Matt schreef op zo 16-01-2022 om 12:38 [-0500]:
> +The @env{HOME} environment variable is set to @file{/homeless-shelter}
> +during the build process.  This ensures builds are determistic and
> +highlights all uses of @env{HOME}.  Packages should not depend on the
> +pathname of a home directory.  Instead, modify the build phase to set
> +@env{HOME} to @file{/tmp}:
> +
> +@lisp
> +(modify-phases %standard-phases
> +  (add-before 'check 'fix-home-directory
> +    (lambda _
> +      (setenv "HOME" "/tmp"))))
> +@end lisp

Sometimes ‘hand-written, automake/cmake/... is bloat!’-style Makefiles
install things to $HOME in the 'install' target, maybe you could give
something like that as an example for when setting HOME to /tmp won't
work?

Greetings,
Maxime.

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