[Bug] XDG_ env variables still not being set when created with --home

[BvngeeCord]

The problem I'm having is the exact same as in #420: With a --home set during distrobox-create, XDG_CONFIG_HOME and related env variables are still relative to the host's home dir. I see a fix was implemented here in this commit, and I've manually double checked that that code snippet is present in my version of distrobox, but for whatever reason the issue persists. I have no idea why.

1. first I ran distrobox create -i docker.io/library/debian:stable-backports -n Debian --hostname debian --home ~/distrobox/debian-home --nvidia
2. distrobox enter Debian

3. debian% echo $HOME
   /home/<user>/distrobox/debian-home
   debian% echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
   /home/<user>/.config

Expected behavior

debian% echo $HOME
/home/<user>/distrobox/debian-home
debian% echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
/home/<user>/distrobox/debian-home/.config

Logs podman logs --latest: podman_latest.txt

Desktop:

• Are you using podman, docker or lilipod? podman
• Which version or podman, docker or lilipod? podman version 5.0.3
• Which version of distrobox? distrobox: 1.7.2.1
• Which host distribution? NixOS
• How did you install distrobox? via the nixpkgs package

[89luca89]

This works for me:

Can you try with latest git version?

[BvngeeCord]

This works for me: ... Can you try with latest git version?

Yup, I just cloned the distrobox repo from git and ran the exact same command that you did:

[89luca89]

@BvngeeCord thanks for trying!

Strange, it seems probably there is something in either your profile or dotfiles setting them?

Can you try with distrobox enter --dry-run and see if the env is set correctly?

[BvngeeCord]

@BvngeeCord thanks for trying!

Strange, it seems probably there is something in either your profile or dotfiles setting them?

Can you try with distrobox enter --dry-run and see if the env is set correctly?

Yup! This is interesting..