Hi, Quoting Jakub Wilk (2014-07-17 13:36:47) > export HOME=`mktemp --dry-run` > > This sets HOME literally to `mktemp --dry-run`. I think you wanted to > say: > > export HOME=$(shell mktemp --dry-run)
oh shoot it's not shell, it's make... while that method will surely also yield a nonexistant home directory I see why that method is inferior ^^ > But there's a good reason --dry-run is described as “unsafe” in the mktemp > manpage. What is the reason? I thought the reason for it being called "unsafe" was that if you use --dry-run first and then create the directory with that name yourself then somebody else could hijack that location in the meantime. But this is no problem for this use case. > So how about something like this instead: > > export HOME=$(CURDIR)/nonexistent This is a good solution. As we have control about the directories in $(CURDIR) we can guarantee that no directory named like that exists during build time. I'll use it. cheers, josch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140718100000.31130.24913@hoothoot
