Paul Wise: > On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 2:39 PM Niels Thykier wrote: > >> * debhelper generate a temporary writable directory for $HOME >> and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR plus clear all remaining XDG_* variables. >> This simplifies packaging of tools that insist on writing to >> $HOME. > > What is the right approach for disabling this locally (in > sbuild/pbuilder rather than in the package) in case someone wants to > detect and fix such problems rather than papering over them with this > workaround? >
Currently, there is no way do this for package using compat 13. I am happy to review patches for adding such a feature (e.g. via DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS).