On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 01:27:42PM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Wed, 2021-02-10 at 18:00 +0100, Erik Skultety wrote: > > # We need the container process to run with current host IDs > > # so that it can access the passed in build directory > > -CI_UID = $(shell id -u) > > -CI_GID = $(shell id -g) > > +CI_UID = $(shell id -u $(CI_USER_LOGIN)) > > +CI_GID = $(shell id -g $(CI_USER_LOGIN)) > > Please quote uses of $(CI_USER_LOGIN) in the shell. > > Also, since you're using the variable here, it would be IMHO cleaner > if you moved the block that contains its definition before this one. Sure I can do that, I just didn't feel like moving around code to achieve the same thing in a declarative language. > > > # We also need the user's login and home directory to prepare the > > # environment the way some programs expect it > > -CI_USER_LOGIN = $(shell echo "$$USER") > > -CI_USER_HOME = $(shell echo "$$HOME") > > +CI_USER_LOGIN = $(shell whoami) > > +CI_USER_HOME = $(shell eval echo "~$(CI_USER_LOGIN)") > > This use of eval makes me a bit uncomfortable. Can we do Can you elaborate what the problem is? The argument is even quoted so I sincerely don't see a problem and find it much clearer than what you suggest. Erik