Re: Bug#230704: zope-testcase: SOFTWARE_HOME and INSTANCE_HOME can break install.

To: Donovan Baarda <abo@minkirri.apana.org.au>
Cc: Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de>, 230704@bugs.debian.org, Debian Python List <debian-python@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#230704: zope-testcase: SOFTWARE_HOME and INSTANCE_HOME can break install.
From: Tommi Virtanen <tv@tv.debian.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:29:34 +0200
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Donovan Baarda wrote:

I have a feeling PYTHONPATH should be unset in all python postinst and
maybe prerm scripts (something to add to the python policy?). A manually
set PYTHONPATH can do evil things to any python package's postinst and

prerm.


A manually set PATH can do evil things to any package's postinsts and
prerm. You break it, you get to keep both halves.

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