Hi Daniel I think I will wait for upstream to propose their change for this. The reason is that I would like to see the upstream solution for the getpwuid(0)->pw_dir part. I fully agree that we should not set HOME to /root.
Just for my own couriousity, why would you run bazarr with vzctl exec? Best regards, // Ola On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 08:59:01PM +0200, Daniel Hahler wrote: > Package: vzctl > Version: 3.0.24-3 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch upstream > > "vzctl enter" and "vzctl exec" do some odd things to the process > environment: > - HOME gets set to "/" (except for "enter") > - HISTFILE gets set to /dev/null (for "enter") > > I have reported this upstream [1], and got the feedback that my proposed > patch should use getpwuid(0)->pw_dir instead of forcing "/root" [2]. > > You might want to improve my patch in this direction (after fixing > anything else I might have broken - especially regarding the HISTFILE > handling I am not sure if this is correct). > > The main reason for this patch is to get the home directory right, which > otherwise might confuse programs like Bazaar [3]. > > Not using HISTFILE=/dev/null is useful to get the history of your > commands stored after all. > > The Launchpad bug tracking this is also at [3]. > > > 1: http://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=942 > 2: http://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=942#c1 > 3: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/622898 > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers maverick > APT policy: (500, 'maverick') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [email protected] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [email protected] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
