Re: [gentoo-dev] env pollution
Chris PeBenito wrote: I have two bugs [1][2] with installs failing due to some environmental variables being set, which end up overriding the settings in the packages' makefiles, causing sandbox violations. While this is a simple enough to work around with some unsets, how much do we really want to work to fix polluted environments? I can't help but think that is not my bug, but instead (apparently) kth-krb's fault for polluting the env (the vars are seemingly worthless man and info pages paths). [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47486 [2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121663 Particularly because those variables don't even work -- should be MANPATH and INFOPATH, not MANDIR and INFODIR. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] env pollution
On Sunday 05 February 2006 12:17, Chris PeBenito wrote: I have two bugs [1][2] with installs failing due to some environmental variables being set, which end up overriding the settings in the packages' makefiles, causing sandbox violations. While this is a simple enough to work around with some unsets, how much do we really want to work to fix polluted environments? I can't help but think that is not my bug, but instead (apparently) kth-krb's fault for polluting the env (the vars are seemingly worthless man and info pages paths). how is kth-krb polluting the env ? via env.d ? -mike -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] env pollution
On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 15:33 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Sunday 05 February 2006 12:17, Chris PeBenito wrote: I have two bugs [1][2] with installs failing due to some environmental variables being set, which end up overriding the settings in the packages' makefiles, causing sandbox violations. While this is a simple enough to work around with some unsets, how much do we really want to work to fix polluted environments? I can't help but think that is not my bug, but instead (apparently) kth-krb's fault for polluting the env (the vars are seemingly worthless man and info pages paths). how is kth-krb polluting the env ? via env.d ? Not sure as I don't use it; its what the reporter says. -- Chris PeBenito [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer, Hardened Gentoo Linux Embedded Gentoo Linux Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE6AF9243 Key fingerprint = B0E6 877A 883F A57A 8E6A CB00 BC8E E42D E6AF 9243 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-dev] env pollution
On Sunday 05 February 2006 15:49, Christopher J. PeBenito wrote: But looking at 02kth-krb in its files directory we have: PATH=/usr/athena/bin ROOTPATH=/usr/athena/sbin LDPATH=/usr/athena/lib MANDIR=/usr/athena/man INFODIR=/usr/athena/info then, as Donnie said, kth-krb is wrong it should be using MANPATH and INFOPATH -mike -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] env pollution
On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 16:07 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Sunday 05 February 2006 15:49, Christopher J. PeBenito wrote: But looking at 02kth-krb in its files directory we have: PATH=/usr/athena/bin ROOTPATH=/usr/athena/sbin LDPATH=/usr/athena/lib MANDIR=/usr/athena/man INFODIR=/usr/athena/info then, as Donnie said, kth-krb is wrong it should be using MANPATH and INFOPATH Right. I didn't even realize the variable names were wrong. I'll reassign that bug to the kth-krb maintainer. -- Chris PeBenito [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer, Hardened Gentoo Linux Embedded Gentoo Linux Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE6AF9243 Key fingerprint = B0E6 877A 883F A57A 8E6A CB00 BC8E E42D E6AF 9243 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
