Setting environment variables from within snapcraft.yaml

[Jin Hsieh]

Hello Joseph,

As you said we generally export env. variables in launching script to
deploy a customized part,
not pretty sure we now have a plugin or something to support this "before
pull the source"...

BR.
Jin

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 5:09 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling <
joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net> wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> Is it possible to set environment variables to be used when creating a
> part of a snap?
>
> I guess one could use the `prepare:` scriptlet to do something like
> `export MY_VAR=whatever` but I'd like the environment variable to be set
> before I even pull the source.  (If you're wondering why: I'm considering
> whether I can use git environment variables to work around the
> launchpad-buildd constraints on support for git:// URLs.)
>
> I'm not seeing anything relevant in https://snapcraft.io/docs/buil
> d-snaps/parts, hence why I ask here.
>
> Thanks & best wishes,
>
>     -- Joe
>
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