mkarchiso: prevent interference from xorriso startup files

Options set in xorriso startup files (~/.xorrisorc) could interfere with the xorriso command run by mkarchiso.
For example, if ~root/.xorrisorc contains -dummy on, then the ISO file will be empty.

Pass -no_rc as the first option to xorriso to prevent interference and unintended behavior.

Fixes #153.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 31e48df..cab4633 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Fixed
 -----
 
 - Sign the root file system image only once.
+- Make sure xorriso does not read its configuration files to prevent interference and unintended behavior.
 
 Removed
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diff --git a/archiso/mkarchiso b/archiso/mkarchiso
index 3961f15..470a960 100755
--- a/archiso/mkarchiso
+++ b/archiso/mkarchiso
@@ -1501,11 +1501,16 @@ _build_iso_image() {
 
     [[ -d "${out_dir}" ]] || install -d -- "${out_dir}"
 
+    # Do not read xorriso startup files to prevent interference and unintended behavior.
+    # For it to work, -no_rc must be the first argument passed to xorriso.
+    xorriso_options=('-no_rc')
+
+
     if [[ "${quiet}" == "y" ]]; then
         # The when xorriso is run in mkisofs compatibility mode (xorrisofs), the mkisofs option -quiet is interpreted
         # too late (e.g. messages about SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH still get shown).
         # Instead use native xorriso option to silence the output.
-        xorriso_options=('-report_about' 'SORRY' "${xorriso_options[@]}")
+        xorriso_options+=('-report_about' 'SORRY')
     fi
 
     # Add required xorrisofs options for each boot mode