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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-05-11 00:19:06 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-05-11 20:10:26 +0200
commit48d498c2c3984784336b27ba5e261319f3ac6a3a (patch)
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build-self: Let HOME pass through the execution environment.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/35623>. Reported by Karrick McDermott <kmcdermott@linkedin.com>. * build-aux/build-self.scm (build): Add 'getenv' and 'setenv' calls for HOME.
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diff --git a/build-aux/build-self.scm b/build-aux/build-self.scm
index 1ddd2233b0..8eb61623f4 100644
--- a/build-aux/build-self.scm
+++ b/build-aux/build-self.scm
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ files."
(mlet %store-monad ((build (build-program source version guile-version
#:pull-version pull-version))
(system (if system (return system) (current-system)))
+ (home (getenv "HOME"))
;; Note: Use the deprecated names here because the
;; caller might be Guix <= 0.16.0.
@@ -419,6 +420,9 @@ files."
;; $GUILE_LOAD_PATH & co.
(with-clean-environment
(setenv "GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED" "no") ;be quiet and drive
+ (when home
+ ;; Inherit HOME so that 'xdg-directory' works.
+ (setenv "HOME" home))
(open-pipe* OPEN_READ
(derivation->output-path build)
source system version