Bug 12104 - Reduce the number of exported environment variables
Summary: Reduce the number of exported environment variables
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: AutoBuilder
Classification: Infrastructure
Component: autobuilder (show other bugs)
Version: 2.4
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ enhancement
Target Milestone: 2.5 M3
Assignee: Joshua Lock
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Reported: 2017-09-19 10:17 UTC by Joshua Lock
Modified: 2018-03-22 08:45 UTC (History)
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Description Joshua Lock 2017-09-19 10:17:03 UTC 
We have seen several issues over the 2.4 cycle where environment variables exported and used by the yocto-autobuilder have polluted the build environment[1][2].

Our build environment should be as pristine as possible to prevent adverse effects on the build system, therefore we should make a concerted effort to further reduce the amount of environment variables we export on the workers.

1. http://git.yoctoproject.org/clean/cgit.cgi/yocto-autobuilder/commit/?id=888c6fee25e3541b7b0e9765bca8b60373a47fc2
2. http://git.yoctoproject.org/clean/cgit.cgi/yocto-autobuilder/commit/?id=7c77c01d4818f0cdb9a325a865379bb673b26bcc
Comment 1 Joshua Lock 2018-03-22 08:45:10 UTC 
Resolved by the new infrastructure architecture of helper scripts (yocto-autobuilder-helper) with a more recent buildbot with minimal configuration (yocto-autobuilder2).