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from the host system into the chroot. If the directory specified here
exists and contains one of the copied files (without the leading /etc) that
file will be copied from here instead of the system one.
+.TP
+.BI "BUILD_HOME=" "/nonexistent"
+Set the what the
+.B HOME
+environment variable points to during the builds. It defaults to a non-existing
+directory to prevent builds from writing to HOME, which is reserved to users.
+If you need a working HOME you can set it to
+.B $BUILDDIR
+instead.
.SH "AUTHOR"
Initial coding, and main maintenance is done by