Subject: misc/4323: .profile on install floppy does not set HOME
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Tatoku Ogaito <tacha@tera.fukui-med.ac.jp>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/23/1997 18:33:21
>Number:         4323
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       .profile on install floppy does not set HOME
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 23 02:35:03 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tatoku Ogaito
>Organization:
-----            : Tatoku Ogaito
   / _  _ _/ _   : Department of Physics, Fukui Medical University
  / (_|(_ /)(_|  : E-mail: tacha@tera.fukui-med.ac.jp
>Release:        971017<NetBSD-current source date>
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD tera.fukui-med.ac.jp 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (TERA) #96: Fri Oct 17 13:00:53 JST 1997 root@tera.fukui-med.ac.jp:/usr/current/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/TERA i386


>Description:
	.profile on install floppy does not set HOME environment variable,
so some programs depend on it does not work properly.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Boot with install floppy, create appropriate directories
and invoke tip.

>Fix:
Add 

export HOME=/

to distrib/*/dot.profile s.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: