From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow overriding the home directory via the HOME variable
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:41:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151023094140.GA10312@calimero.vinschen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151023091018.GE5319@calimero.vinschen.de>
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On Oct 23 11:10, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Oct 22 17:38, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > Hi Corinna,
> >
> > On Wed, 21 Oct 2015, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >
> > > On Sep 16 15:06, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > > > * uinfo.cc (cygheap_pwdgrp::get_home): Offer an option in
> > > > nsswitch.conf that let's the environment variable HOME (or
> > > > HOMEDRIVE & HOMEPATH, or USERPROFILE) define the home
> > > > directory.
> > > >
> > > > * ntsec.xml: Document the `env` schema.
> > > >
> > > > Detailed comments:
> > > >
> > > > In the context of Git for Windows, it is a well-established technique
> > > > to let the `$HOME` variable define where the current user's home
> > > > directory is, falling back to `$HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH` and `$USERPROFILE`.
> > > >
> > > > The idea is that we want to share user-specific settings between
> > > > programs, whether they be Cygwin, MSys2 or not. Unfortunately, we
> > > > cannot blindly activate the "db_home: windows" setting because in some
> > > > setups, the user's home directory is set to a hidden directory via an
> > > > UNC path (\\share\some\hidden\folder$) -- something many programs
> > > > cannot handle correctly.
> > >
> > > -v, please. Which applications can't handle that? Why do we have to
> > > care?
> >
> > Oh, the first one that comes to mind is `cmd.exe`. You cannot start
> > `cmd.exe` with a UNC working directory without getting complaints.
>
> Sure, but then again, why do we have to care? Didn't you say GfW is
> using bash?
In particular, it affects all other native applications as well. If that
home setting works for the user outside GfW/Cygwin, and given Cygwin apps
don't care, why should this suddenly be a problem for GfW?
Corinna
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Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-16 13:06 Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-21 18:32 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-10-22 15:38 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-10-23 9:10 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-10-23 9:41 ` Corinna Vinschen [this message]
2015-10-23 12:00 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 18:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 18:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 20:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-09-21 11:58 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-10-18 17:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-10-23 21:04 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-10-24 11:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-11-10 15:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-10 15:22 ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-11-18 8:18 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-11-21 11:41 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-03-28 8:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 18:05 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Respect `db_home` setting even for the SYSTEM account Johannes Schindelin
2015-12-17 20:49 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-12-17 21:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2022-09-21 12:00 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-09-21 11:51 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2022-09-21 11:51 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2022-09-21 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2022-09-21 11:52 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] Respect `db_home: env` even when no uid can be determined Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 8:17 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 8:17 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 10:35 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-03-28 12:34 ` Jon Turney
2023-03-28 13:31 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-03-29 8:36 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-03 6:39 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 8:17 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 10:16 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-03 6:36 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 10:59 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-03 13:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 8:17 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] Respect `db_home: env` even when no uid can be determined Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-28 10:17 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-03 6:45 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 13:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 13:29 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-03 13:57 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 19:23 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-04 15:11 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 13:19 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 14:44 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 14:44 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 18:36 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-04 15:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 14:45 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 18:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-04 15:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-03 14:45 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] Respect `db_home: env` even when no uid can be determined Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] uinfo: special-case IIS APPPOOL accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-04 15:07 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] Do not rely on `getenv ("HOME")`'s path conversion Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-06 8:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-04-06 9:54 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-04-06 10:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-05-22 11:12 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Johannes Schindelin
2023-05-22 11:12 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] Allow deriving the current user's home directory via the HOME variable Johannes Schindelin
2023-05-22 11:12 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] Respect `db_home` setting even for SYSTEM/Microsoft accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-05-22 11:12 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] uinfo: special-case IIS APPPOOL accounts Johannes Schindelin
2023-05-22 11:13 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] Do not rely on `getenv ("HOME")`'s path conversion Johannes Schindelin
2023-06-06 13:33 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] Support deriving the current user's home directory via HOME Corinna Vinschen
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