Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 14:33:04 -0400 From: Julio Merino <jmmv@freebsd.org> To: x11@freebsd.org Subject: xorg-server fails to build as non-root Message-ID: <20140404183304.GA85500@mastodon.meroh.net>
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Hello,
The staging phase of xorg-server fails when run as non-root because the
package installation tries to make the Xorg binary setuid root.
The patch below fixes it. I'm not sure if there would be a better and
preferrable alternative.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Index: Makefile
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--- Makefile (revision 349914)
+++ Makefile (working copy)
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSUID}
CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-install-setuid=yes
PLIST_SUB+= SUID=""
+
+# The configure script tries to detect if we can install Xorg as root so that
+# the binary can be made setuid later. If we are not root, this obviously
+# fails at one point or another.
+NEED_ROOT= yes
.else
CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-install-setuid=no
PLIST_SUB+= SUID="@comment "
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