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Josselin Mouette writes ("Re: ${HOME} vs. g_get_home_dir () [and 1 more
messages]"):
> I expect programs to use my real home, regardless of whatever crap could
> have been put in the environment (and there are really too many thin
Josselin Mouette writes:
> Le mercredi 26 septembre 2012 à 23:17 +0100, Ian Jackson a écrit :
>> Josselin Mouette writes ("Re: ${HOME} vs. g_get_home_dir () [and 1 more
>> messages]"):
>> > Maybe you should try and obtain a CTTE decision to patch that in glib
Le jeudi 27 septembre 2012 à 10:06 +0200, Bjørn Mork a écrit :
> This is not a technical issue at all. It is about breaking user
> expectations by breaking conventions.
No, this is about breaking YOUR expectations.
But what former SunOS 5.6 users expect is not necessarily what other
users exp
Le mercredi 26 septembre 2012 à 23:17 +0100, Ian Jackson a écrit :
> Josselin Mouette writes ("Re: ${HOME} vs. g_get_home_dir () [and 1 more
> messages]"):
> > Maybe you should try and obtain a CTTE decision to patch that in glib.
>
> Surely it would be better to
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:51:39PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mercredi 26 septembre 2012 à 21:47 +0100, Ian Jackson a écrit :
> > Ivan Shmakov writes ("${HOME} vs. g_get_home_dir ()"):
> > > I do remember filing a bug or two against packages that refer to
> > > the getent () data to f
Josselin Mouette writes ("Re: ${HOME} vs. g_get_home_dir () [and 1 more
messages]"):
> Maybe you should try and obtain a CTTE decision to patch that in glib.
Surely it would be better to try to fully understand the problem, and
discuss it politely and constructively with the v
Le mercredi 26 septembre 2012 à 21:47 +0100, Ian Jackson a écrit :
> Ivan Shmakov writes ("${HOME} vs. g_get_home_dir ()"):
> > I do remember filing a bug or two against packages that refer to
> > the getent () data to find the user's “home” directory instead
> > of using the HOME envi
Ivan Shmakov writes ("${HOME} vs. g_get_home_dir ()"):
> I do remember filing a bug or two against packages that refer to
> the getent () data to find the user's “home” directory instead
> of using the HOME environment variable.
I agree with your complaint. Programs should honou
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