Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes: > Hello, > > On Wed 09 Aug 2023 at 02:23pm -07, Manphiz wrote: > >> While practicing some Emacsen packaging and getting assistance from >> #debian-mentors, I noticed that with "debhelper-compat (=13)" it now >> sets up a writable $HOME[1]. With this, Emacs with native compilation >> doesn't need any specially handling during build or test anymore, at >> least in dh_auto_*. However, currently dh-elpa doesn't use the same set >> up as dh_auto_*[2] yet, so currently it will still cause failure in >> targets like dh_elpa_test. Will the team consider to follow the same >> convention so that $HOME becomes writable? I assume this will also make >> it possible to drop the EMACS_INHIBIT_AUTOMATIC_NATIVE_COMPILATION >> related patches. > > Debian Policy requires that package builds don't attempt to write into HOME. Indeed, found the item in section 4.9[1]. Though I do wonder what is the reason that compat 13 starts to provide a writeable $HOME? [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#error-trapping-in-makefiles -- Manphiz
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