> >> Many packages FTBFS (silently!) if an environment variable TAPE is set.
> Perhaps dpkg-buildpackage should unset TAPE...? pbuilder and other tools already do that when chrooting? Tar's $TAPE behaviour fails the principle of least suprise. Tar developers should reconsider the usability implications of such feature. For packages, I think $TAPE is hardly the only environment variable that can change package outcome. Atleast the locale variables can wreck havoc for builds. Or consider setting AWKPATH or even PATH to something strange... Clearly packagers should not need to take care of all possible enviroment misconfigurations. That's why we tell people to use pbuilder. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
