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Issue

In an automation script (.ps1/.psm1) the scripts make use of either reading or writing private environment variables that should only be used by Chocolatey CLI helpers and not the automation scripts themselves.

Recommended Solution

Remove any use of the following environment variables in the automation scripts.

• chocolateyToolsLocation
• chocolateyBinRoot
• chocolatey_bin_root
• chocolateyPackageFolder
• packageFolder
• chocolateyChecksum32
• chocolateyChecksum64
• chocolateyChecksumType32
• chocolateyChecksumType64
• downloadCacheAvailable

Chocolatey Tools Location

Any usages of the chocolateyToolsLocation, chocolateyBinRoot, or chocolatey_bin_root can be replaced with a call to Get-ToolsLocation. The Get-ToolsLocation helper is a wrapper that will provide the same information as directly reading the environment variable, but it also ensures that the variable is created if it did not previously exist.

Chocolatey Package Folder

Replace usages of chocolateyPackageFolder or packageFolder with Get-ChocolateyPath -PathType 'PackagePath'. See the documentation for Get-ChocolateyPath for more information on the helper.

Reasoning

The variables are used by the Chocolatey CLI helpers by including additional support and should not be used by the automation scripts themselves.