Remove HOME setting in etckeeper. sudo now defaults to setting HOME itself as of version 1.7.4p4, so it is not necessary for etckeeper to work around its behavior anymore. (sudo also allows disabling that for those who enjoy using guns around feet.) Closes: #583899

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d2589ea..f38f6aa 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ etckeeper (0.49) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     that hook scripts that re-exec etckeeper are guaranteed to find it.
   * Ignore -m switch to etckeeper commit, in case someone tries to use
     it with that option common to several VCS. Closes: #592050
+  * Remove HOME setting in etckeeper. sudo now defaults to setting HOME
+    itself as of version 1.7.4p4, so it is not necessary for etckeeper
+    to work around its behavior anymore. (sudo also allows disabling that
+    for those who enjoy using guns around feet.) Closes: #583899
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:44:37 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0c7d6dd..8c7a09f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Architecture: all
 Section: admin
 Depends: git-core (>= 1:1.5.4) | git (>= 1:1.7) | mercurial | bzr (>= 1.4~) | darcs, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: cron
+Suggests: sudo (>= 1.7.4p4)
 Conflicts: bzr (<< 1.4~)
 XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}
 Description: store /etc in git, mercurial, bzr or darcs
diff --git a/etckeeper b/etckeeper
index 2b2caee..483e16e 100755
--- a/etckeeper
+++ b/etckeeper
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ if [ -z "$VCS" ]; then
 fi
 export VCS
 
-# Workaround for sudo before 1.7.4p4 which left HOME pointing at user's
-# home directory
-HOME=~root
-export HOME
-
 program_directory="${0%/*}"
 if [ -n "$program_directory" ]; then
 	PATH="$PATH:$program_directory"