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| author | Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> | 2022-01-16 13:14:02 -0500 |
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| committer | Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> | 2022-01-16 13:17:22 -0500 |
| commit | 72f33343080d393f068cf3afbfeae56af6895c23 (patch) | |
| tree | 840dff95fcec232f13b5929352830edaf8bff5a7 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 8cdecad237343f5c955d17df3a78e41fa1f2d56c (diff) | |
| download | guix-72f33343080d393f068cf3afbfeae56af6895c23.tar.gz | |
doc: Document the dummy $HOME in the build chroot.
This missing documentation reported by Matt <matt@excalamus.com>. * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Document '/homeless-shelter'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 42691570ff..300518e861 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1178,6 +1178,11 @@ user @file{nobody}; a writable @file{/tmp} directory. @end itemize +The chroot does contain a @file{/home} directory, and the @env{HOME} +environment variable is set to the non-existent +@file{/homeless-shelter}. This helps to highlight inappropriate uses of +@env{HOME} in the build scripts of packages. + You can influence the directory where the daemon stores build trees @i{via} the @env{TMPDIR} environment variable. However, the build tree within the chroot is always called @file{/tmp/guix-build-@var{name}.drv-0}, |