Bug #41744 for File-BaseDir: only emit "Warning: HOME not set" if neccessary

Tue Dec 16 03:04:56 2008 mg.pub [...] gmx.net - Ticket created

Subject:

only emit "Warning: HOME not set" if neccessary

(Already confirmed in email conversation with the package maintainer) Web applications do not neccessarily have a $HOME, as you need to change config files to explicitly set it for CGI scripts. It would therefore be good if File::BaseDir only emits the warning about missing $HOME if it *must* access it for storing data there (it currently does always on "use 'File::BaseDir'). An alternative: make it configurable, if the application using File::BaseDir is a desktop app that needs $HOME or a webservice that doesn't. Thank you for considering.

Sun Jul 01 19:05:45 2012 selsky [...] columbia.edu - Correspondence added

From:

selsky [...] columbia.edu

Trivial patch to omit the warning is attached.

Subject:

omit-warning.patch

--- /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/File/BaseDir.pm 2007-11-08 19:55:13.000000000 -0500 +++ /tmp/BaseDir.pm 2012-07-01 19:03:05.000000000 -0400 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ } my $home = $ENV{HOME}; unless ($home) { - warn "WARNING: HOME is not set, using root: $rootdir\n"; + #warn "WARNING: HOME is not set, using root: $rootdir\n"; $home = $rootdir; }

Sun Jul 01 19:05:45 2012 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Mon Apr 06 20:05:54 2015 kimryan [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added 10 min

Applied suggest patch, no warnings issued if $ENV{HOME} is not set.

Mon Apr 06 20:06:06 2015 kimryan [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Mon Apr 06 20:06:07 2015 kimryan [...] cpan.org - Fixed in 0.04 added