Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi,
source packages are forced to not write into $HOME by sbuild and
pbuilder, so any package attempting to do so currently FTBFS. It would
be nice to have this requirement be documented in policy. I propose the
following patch:
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 9cd182b..42efd18 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1944,6 +1944,16 @@ zope.
For packages in the main archive, no required targets
may attempt network access.
</p>
+ <p>
+ None of the required targets must attempt to write outside of the
+ source package package directory tree. An exception to this rule is
+ the use of <file>/tmp</file> which is permitted as long as temporary
+ files are deleted and not re-used by subsequent execution of the
+ target. This is to prevent that source package builds create and
+ depend on state from the outside and thus affect multiple independent
+ rebuilds. Most notably, none of the required targets must attempt to
+ write into <file>$HOME</file>.
+ </p>
<p>
The targets are as follows:
Thoughts?
Thanks!
cheers, josch
