Re: stray files in go build / bob sandbox not empty

[Benny Siegert <bsiegert%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, 10 Jul 2026, Greg Troxel wrote:

> Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost> writes:
>
> > * On 2026-07-09 at 23:21 BST, Greg Troxel wrote:
> >
> > >  go is escaping FAKE_HOME set up by pkgsrc
> >
> > Myself and wiz noticed something similar with I think cargo, and while
> > I didn't fully debug it I think it's caused by tools going directly to
> > getpwnam / pw_dir, so I'm not sure we can avoid it.
>
> I guess $someone can fix go; telemetry is a serious bug anyway.

That's why we disable the entire telemetry thing, in theory. But IIRC, 
this still results in some files written to the directory, if only to 
record it being disabled. Nothing is sent.

Arguably, local telemetry might be useful to debug failures, but I 
digress.

As for not respecting FAKE HOME:

How is that implemented? By setting $HOME? If that is not respected, 
that's clearly a bug that should be reported upstream.


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Benny