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Commit 0636428d authored by Dan Willemsen's avatar Dan Willemsen
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Deprecate USER in favor of BUILD_USERNAME

Bug: 122270019
Test: treehugger, codesearch
parent 63e48db6
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# Build System Changes for Android.mk Writers

## `USER` deprecation  {#USER}

`USER` will soon be `nobody` in many cases due to the addition of a sandbox
around the Android build. Most of the time you shouldn't need to know the
identity of the user running the build, but if you do, it's available in the
make variable `BUILD_USERNAME` for now.

Similarly, the `hostname` tool will also be returning a more consistent value
of `android-build`. The real value is available as `BUILD_HOSTNAME`.

## `BUILD_NUMBER` removal from Android.mk  {#BUILD_NUMBER}

`BUILD_NUMBER` should not be used directly in Android.mk files, as it would
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@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ $(KATI_obsolete_var \
  GLOBAL_CFLAGS_NO_OVERRIDE GLOBAL_CPPFLAGS_NO_OVERRIDE \
  ,GCC support has been removed. Use Clang instead)
$(KATI_obsolete_var DIST_DIR dist_goal,Use dist-for-goals instead. See $(CHANGES_URL)#dist)
$(KATI_deprecated_var USER,Use BUILD_USERNAME instead. See $(CHANGES_URL)#USER)

# This is marked as obsolete in envsetup.mk after reading the BoardConfig.mk
$(KATI_deprecate_export It is a global setting. See $(CHANGES_URL)#export_keyword)