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Set $HOME=/proc/homeless-shelter on Linux, and /homeless-shelter on OSX.

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@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ The [`builder`](#attr-builder) is executed as follows:
- `PATH` is set to `/path-not-set` to prevent shells from
initialising it to their built-in default value.
- `HOME` is set to `/proc/homeless-shelter` to prevent programs from
- `HOME` is set to `/proc/homeless-shelter` on Linux and `/homeless-shelter`
on OSX, to prevent programs from
using `/etc/passwd` or the like to find the user's home
directory, which could cause impurity. Usually, when `HOME` is
set, it is used as the location of the home directory, even if