Hi Tomas,
Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> skribis:
> Given a timer executed under some user (via #:user "git" #:group "git"
> keyword arguments), the HOME variable is set to /. Is that correct? I
> get that it might be desirable for a root user, but for regular users
> that is surprising and causes (for example gitolite from the package of
> the same name) to not function:
>
> 2025-03-23 21:09:06 FATAL: errors found but logfile could not be created
> 2025-03-23 21:09:06 FATAL: //.gitolite/logs/gitolite-2025-03.log: No such
> file or directory
> 2025-03-23 21:09:06 FATAL: die chdir //.gitolite failed: No such file
> or directory<<newline>>
>
> 1. Is this intentional?
> 2. If yes, is this something you would be opened to changing?
Timers do not set ‘HOME’ (or any other environment variable) at all.
That is, they take what’s given in (command … #:environment-variables …)
and don’t touch it.
It’s intentional, but the downside is that it can lead to more verbose
timer definitions, where would have to explicitly do:
(command … #:environment-variables
(cons "HOME=/whatever" (default-environment-variables)))
or similar.
How does that sound?
Ludo’.
