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Re: acquiring wrong home directory
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Larry Jones |
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Re: acquiring wrong home directory |
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Date: |
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:03:51 -0400 |
towo@computer.org writes:
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> The user's home directory seems to be enquired by calling getpwnam or
> getpwent.
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> This is a bug, cvs should rather use the value of $HOME.
CVS *does* use the value of $HOME (if set) in preference to the value
from the passwd file. You need to specify a scenario that's causing you
to think otherwise and let us know exactly what version(s) of CVS you're
using and on what platform(s).
--
Larry Jones
My brain is trying to kill me. -- Calvin