Re: PKGSRC_SETENV?= ${SETENV} -i

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 09:26:13PM +0400, Aleksej Saushev wrote:
> I think that this is very bad idea.

I think it's a good idea.

Random environment variables may affect configure scripts, and we want
to avoid this as much as possible -- and this is a good step in this
direction.

> First, this breaks a lot more than it fixes. PKGSRC_SETENV is used in
> more places than where we want to have "extra" clear environment.
> In particular, in fetch and extract logic. The latter breaks, for instance,
> installations of all pkgsrc users who use HOME or other environment variables
> to control location of DISTDIR and PACKAGES. There exist other cases for
> users who may not need empty environment during building stages.

Please use the PACKAGES and DISTFILES variables in /etc/mk.conf if you
really want this.

 Thomas