Re: [PATCH] libdpkg: options-dirs, set_rootfs was not checking environment

Guillem Jover <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Feb 2026 18:35:46 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.dpkg.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi!

On Mon, 2026-01-19 at 15:52:09 -0600, Mark Hatle wrote:
> The set_rootfs function was using the hardcoded ADMINDIR (define).  It
> should be checking the environment, and then falling back to the define
> if not set.
> 
> This matches the behavior in dbdir.c. dpkg_db_new_dir.

I'm not sure I fully understand the problem you are facing that
prompted this change. But this does not seem correct, as it's
diverging from the documented behavior in the man pages for --root,
and it also will make the test suite (which tests the current
behavior) fail.

Thanks,
Guillem