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brew.sh: Don't allow system tmp dirs as prefixes #4397

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brew.sh: Don't allow system tmp dirs as prefixes
woodruffw Jun 30, 2018
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brew.sh: Use realpath to calculate tmpdir
woodruffw Jun 30, 2018
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brew.sh: Typo
woodruffw Jun 30, 2018
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brew.sh: Tweak language
woodruffw Jun 30, 2018
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brew.sh: Remove trailing / from prefix in message
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bin/brew: Set HOMEBREW_TEMP, allow export
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config: Ensure HOMEBREW_TEMP is absolute
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brew.sh: Test HOMEBREW_TEMP, not hardcoded tmpdir
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config: Remove /tmp fallback
woodruffw Jul 1, 2018
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bin/brew: Revert allowing export of TEMP
woodruffw Jul 1, 2018
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brew.sh: Move HOMEBREW_TEMP declaration
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brew.sh: Use bashisms for default values
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brew.sh: Only do tmpdir check on macOS
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brew.sh: Upcase var, tweak error language
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}
check-run-command-as-root

check-prefix-is-not-tmpdir() {
if [[ $(realpath "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}") = /private/tmp/* ]]
then
odie <<EOS
Your HOMEBREW_PREFIX is in the system temporary directory, which Homebrew
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Maybe worth just saying e.g. /private/tmp? Also, should we do this on Linux or with a different directory?

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I thought that the connection between /tmp and /private/tmp might confuse some users (Apple links /tmp to /private/tmp for FHS compliance), so I just went with "system temporary directory." I can change it/add those directories to the message if you think it'll improve the error, though.

The relocation code at fault isn't used on Linux, so Linuxbrew users might not encounter this problem at all. I'll confirm that in a bit with some local testing.

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HOMEBREW_TEMP isn't necessary the system temporary directory. To expand on my previous comment (and avoid the autohiding): is the issue if:

  • the prefix is in the system temporary directory
  • the prefix is the in the HOMEBREW_TEMP temporary directory
  • either

We should ensure that the wording makes that clear and the logic is as minimal as possible to the actual problems we've seen people experience.

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The issue is when the prefix is in the HOMEBREW_TEMP temporary directory. I'll correct the language here 🙂

uses to store downloads and builds. You can resolve this by installing Homebrew to
either the standard prefix (/usr/local/) or to a non-standard prefix that is not
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(/usr/local) maybe?

in the system temporary directory.
EOS
fi
}
check-prefix-is-not-tmpdir

if [[ "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX" = "/usr/local" &&
"$HOMEBREW_PREFIX" != "$HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY" &&
"$HOMEBREW_CELLAR" = "$HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY/Cellar" ]]
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