bird3/patches/0001-birdc-Use-var-tmp-for-history-file.patch


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From e77b14853c1dcb3034e1af155f49e3b943203c4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Toke=20H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen?= <toke@toke.dk>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:57:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] birdc: Use /var/tmp for history file
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We don't want birdc to write its history file to flash, so hard-code the
history file to /var/tmp instead.

Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
---
 client/birdc.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/client/birdc.c
+++ b/client/birdc.c
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ input_help(int arg, int key UNUSED)
 void
 history_init(void)
 {
-  const char *homedir = getenv("HOME");
-  if (!homedir)
-    homedir = ".";
+  const char *homedir = "/var/tmp";
   history_file = malloc(strlen(homedir) + sizeof(HISTORY));
   if (!history_file)
     die("couldn't alloc enough memory for history file name");