Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:52:17 GMT From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/79653: ispell fails to install as non-root Message-ID: <200504072052.j37KqHgo038438@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200504072100.j37L0H00038728@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 79653
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: ispell fails to install as non-root
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 07 21:00:17 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: John Baldwin
>Release: 6.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
The pre-install target is run as the user that invoked 'make install'. If this user is not root, they can't create files or directories under ${PREFIX}.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Use pre-su-install instead:
Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/ports/textproc/ispell/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.93
diff -u -r1.93 Makefile
--- Makefile 20 Oct 2004 20:41:56 -0000 1.93
+++ Makefile 6 Apr 2005 15:14:02 -0000
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
${CP} data/bulgarian.hash bulgarian.hash
.endif
-pre-install:
+pre-su-install:
@if [ ! -d ${DATADIR} ]; then ${MKDIR} ${DATADIR}; fi
post-install:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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