The config files are being read/executed in a sandbox. Hence the failure to access the `os` table.
I do see the usecase for `os.getenv`, but I'm no sandbox expert, so I'm hesitating because I don't know what malicious things one could do with this function exposed. Anyone else maybe? Thijs > -----Original Message----- > From: Fabio Porcedda [mailto:fabio.porce...@gmail.com] > Sent: dinsdag 9 juni 2015 6:30 > To: luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Luarocks-developers] Use an environment variable inside the > config-5.1.lua > > Hi all, > > I need to use a linux environment variable inside the "config-5.1.lua" > to set the "external_deps_dirs", I've used this istruction: > > external_deps_dirs = { os.getenv("GCC_SYSROOT") } > > but i got this error: > > Error running file: [string > "/home/tetsuya/buildroot/br/output/host/usr/..."]:15: attempt to index > global 'os' (a nil value) > > If i understand correctly the os library cannot be used in the > "config-5.1.lua" file, there is some way to use it? > > Thanks and best regards > -- > Fabio Porcedda > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > _______________________________________________ > Luarocks-developers mailing list > Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
