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Bug 656498 - >=sys-apps/baselayout-2.5: Removal of ROOTPATH processing in /etc/profile leaves ROOTPATH polluting user environment
Summary: >=sys-apps/baselayout-2.5: Removal of ROOTPATH processing in /etc/profile lea...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: William Hubbs
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Reported: 2018-05-25 15:37 UTC by Matt Whitlock
Modified: 2018-05-29 17:32 UTC (History)
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Description Matt Whitlock 2018-05-25 15:37:54 UTC 
As of this commit in baselayout:

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/baselayout.git/commit/?id=9cac4dd130637fa2c1f1a64bf3c9d2509284e6dd

/etc/profile no longer processes ROOTPATH, and /etc/env.d/50baselayout no longer sets it. However, many other packages install files in /etc/env.d that do still set ROOTPATH. The result is that a ROOTPATH variable ends up polluting all users' shell environments.

Suggest reinstating the "unset ROOTPATH" line in /etc/profile until all packages have dropped their ROOTPATH definitions in /etc/env.d.
Comment 1 Matt Whitlock 2018-05-25 15:41:01 UTC 
By the way, while you're editing /etc/profile anyway, you should fix a typo:

-# process *.sh files in /etc/profiled.d
+# process *.sh files in /etc/profile.d
Comment 2 William Hubbs gentoo-dev 2018-05-29 17:32:21 UTC 
This is done in baselayout 2.6.