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[bug#41411] gnu: gnurl: Update to 7.70.0
From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
[bug#41411] gnu: gnurl: Update to 7.70.0 |
Date: |
Wed, 20 May 2020 02:54:22 +0200 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 1.4.4; emacs 26.3 |
> runtests.pl:
> In the environment of guix, $USER is unset.
>
> # get the name of the current user
> my $USER = $ENV{USER}; # Linux
> if (!$USER) {
> $USER = $ENV{USERNAME}; # Windows
> if (!$USER) {
> $USER = $ENV{LOGNAME}; # Some Unix (I think)
> }
> }
>
>
> leads to $USER being uninitialized at some point (around line 3600 or
> something further below, grep for it). The tests loudly complain to the
> log but it's not fatal.
What is the USER variable used for? If it’s not needed why set it at all?
--
Ricardo