install-tl change of behavior for setting TEXMFHOME ?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 03:09:02PM -0600, Karl Berry wrote:
>>     Has install-tl changed behavior recently (e.g., past two weeks) in
>>     terms of how TEXMF configurations are set? 
> 
> Not intentionally, but we (Norbert and I) have been playing with the
> directory-setting code, so indeed, a bug like this seems probable.
> 
>>     Could someone point me to a change log?
> 
> Unfortunately we don't keep a separate ChangeLog file for this, but our
> commit log msgs are here (or on the github mirror, if you prefer):
> https://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/install-tl?view=log
> https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commits

That'll do just fine, thanks!

>>     I'm not sure, but I think the output in this case (even when the
>>     script was run with sudo) used to be: /home/<my user name>/texmf.
> 
> I do seem to recall having a special case so that root's home dir was
> not used. What is the value of your HOME envvar after sudo?

If I put "echo $HOME" inside the script, and I run the script with sudo,
it echos "/root".

Thanks for your reply,
Scott