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Date:      Mon, 2 Dec 2013 19:22:37 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-user@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r258848 - user/hrs/releng/release
Message-ID:  <20131202152237.GK48919@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20131202152054.GH1839@glenbarber.us>
References:  <201312021440.rB2EeQa6012210@svn.freebsd.org> <20131202145103.GG1839@glenbarber.us> <20131203.001628.1233827032249325723.hrs@allbsd.org> <20131202152054.GH1839@glenbarber.us>

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On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 10:20:54AM -0500, Glen Barber wrote:
G> >  Everything can be overridden by a configuration file regardless of
G> >  whether envvars are honored even after this change.  What is the
G> >  problem?  I do not see negative effect assuming a conf file is used.
G> > 
G> 
G> This allows the host environment to accidentally pollute the build if
G> something is not set in configuration file and unintentionally set in
G> the builder's environment.
G> 
G> It was why I specifically did not allow the environment to affect the
G> build process.

I'd second on this approach. The fact that builds used to depend
on environment was very annoying. One couldn't actually reproduce
a problem of his colleague.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.


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