1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbo-batch-test b/sbo-batch-test
index a6ec6b4..051e18f 100755
--- a/sbo-batch-test
+++ b/sbo-batch-test
@@ -581,10 +581,16 @@ set -uo pipefail
 cd "$workroot/$prog" || { echo "BUILD-FAILED: cannot cd"; echo BUILD-FAILED > "$workroot/$prog.status"; exit 1; }
 . ./$prog.info
 
+# Force a controlled output dir so the harness, not the SlackBuild's environment,
+# decides where the package lands. Never inherit OUTPUT (the user's -current repo
+# convention sets it to /repo, which must not be touched here).
+export OUTPUT=/sbo-work/output
+mkdir -p "\$OUTPUT"
+
 # Log resolved build context so the overlay never needs to be kept.
 echo "===== sbo-batch-test: $prog ====="
 echo "PRGNAM=\${PRGNAM:-$prog} VERSION=\${VERSION:-?} BUILD=\${BUILD:-?} TAG=\${TAG:-?}"
-echo "uname -m: \$(uname -m)   OUTPUT=\${OUTPUT:-/tmp}"
+echo "uname -m: \$(uname -m)   OUTPUT=\$OUTPUT"
 echo "REQUIRES=\${REQUIRES:-}"
 echo "================================="
 
@@ -618,8 +624,8 @@ if ! ./$prog.SlackBuild; then
   echo BUILD-FAILED > "$workroot/$prog.status"; exit 1
 fi
 
-# 5. installpkg the resulting package (SlackBuilds write to \${OUTPUT:-/tmp})
-out="\${OUTPUT:-/tmp}"
+# 5. installpkg the resulting package (written to the forced OUTPUT above)
+out="\$OUTPUT"
 pkg="\$(ls -t "\$out"/${prog}-*.t?z 2>/dev/null | head -n1)"
 if [ -z "\$pkg" ]; then
   echo "No package produced in \$out"