Disable Temp Dir for portable mode

rear · Apr 10, 2024 · 38bfd4e · 38bfd4e
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commit 38bfd4e
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/usr/sbin/rear b/usr/sbin/rear
@@ -598,9 +598,10 @@ if test "$WORKFLOW" != "help" ; then
     # and that those temporary files will get cleaned up "by the way"
     # via the cleanup_build_area_and_end_program() function,
     # see https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3167
-    if ! test "$RECOVERY_MODE" ; then
-        # We set TMPDIR to ReaR's TMP_DIR only when we are not in RECOVERY_MODE
-        # because TMP_DIR does not exist in the recreated/restored system
+    if ! [[ "$RECOVERY_MODE" || "$PORTABLE" ]] ; then
+        # We set TMPDIR to ReaR's TMP_DIR only when we are not in RECOVERY_MODE and also not in PORTABLE mode
+        # because TMP_DIR does not exist in the recreated/restored system or in the foreign rescue system where
+        # the portable mode should be able to work without the need to have a TMP_DIR in the rescue system.
         # i.e. there is no /mnt/local/var/tmp/rear.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/tmp so that
         #   chroot /mnt/local COMMAND
         # fails when COMMAND uses TMPDIR - in particular "chroot /mnt/local dracut" fails