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Simon Stelling wrote:
> Daniel Barkalow wrote:
>> Allow PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT to be set as a command-line option. It can be
>> annoying to get environment variables to emerge, particularly when you
>> need sudo and you only want the environment variable some of the time.
> 
> I think it would be better to solve the problem with sudo at its root:
> 
> /etc/sudoers has the following:
> 
> # Reset environment by default
> Defaults        env_reset
> 
> Commenting that out reverts this annoying behaviour and "fixes" all
> kinds of "bugs".
> 

Sure, that's one way to solve that particular problem.  However, I feel
that command line options are more aesthetically appealing than environment
variables (maybe it's just me).

Zac
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