Bug#565436: pbuilder: new $HOME value broke my hook scripts

[Loïc Minier]

severity 565436 wishlist
tag 565436 + patch
retitle 565436 PATH to Debian source in env var
stop

        Hi

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010, Francesco Poli (t1000) wrote:
> Would it be possible to add a new environment variable to identify the
> debianized source directory?
> 
> I think that adding the following simple line in pdebuild-internal just
> before    export HOME=$(readlink -f $(pwd)/../) 
> would suffice:
> 
>   export DEBSOURCEDIR=$(readlink -f $(pwd))
> 
> maybe with a comment that explains that this is useful for
> hook scripts.
> 
> I think this would be harmless and very useful for many hook
> scripts written by users in the future.
> Please add this line as soon as possible, if you agree.

 Sure; that seems fine; not sure about the actual name, but that would
 work.

 The other hooks around do things like:
    cd /tmp/buildd/*/debian/..

 Which is probably a good workaround for your hooks for now.

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Loïc Minier