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  1. Funtoo Linux
  2. FL-6926

Portage allows environment variable pollution of builds.

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      See FL-6885. In this case, XDG_CACHE_HOME, when exported, is able to enter the ebuild build environment and cause go and other compilers to fail.

      Gentoo has a workaround for this problem in the form of xdg_environment_reset, a function defined in xdg-utils.eclass.

      However, it seems more reasonable that Portage would ensure a minimal, sane environment for building packages and not allow any potentially problematic or compile-impacting environment variables to enter the build environment. This can cause a variety of problems as documented in FL-6885. If some kind of whitelisting or blacklisting currently exists for environment variables, then it doesn't appear to be sufficient.

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          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue FL-9590 Setting XDG_CACHE_HOME breaks dev-python/pygobject

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          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue FL-9591 Setting XDG_CACHE_HOME breaks net-dns/avahi

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          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue FL-9594 Setting XDG_CACHE_HOME breaks dev-libs/libxmlb

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          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue FL-9595 Setting XDG_CACHE_HOME breaks x11-libs/bamf

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          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue FL-9596 Setting XDG_CACHE_HOME breaks media-libs/gegl

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          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue FL-9597 Setting XDG_CACHE_HOME breaks media-libs/libmypaint

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          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue FL-9598 Setting XDG_CACHE_HOME breaks x11-libs/pango

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. FL-9589 Setting XDG_CACHE_HOME breaks several ebuilds

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          • Closed

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. FL-9303 Portage: support chroot with only critical device nodes

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          • Ready to Fix
          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. FL-6885 XDG_CACHE_HOME env var allowed inside ebuild environment, breaking go

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          • Closed

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