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: