Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 04:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/11093: remind user that he needs to be root to install port Message-ID: <199904121110.EAA88447@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami)
To: bfoz@glue.umd.edu
Cc: sue@welearn.com.au, meshko@cs.brandeis.edu,
freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ports/11093: remind user that he needs to be root to install port
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 04:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
* From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu>
* I do this all the time too. The documentation needs a little help in this area
* since it's not explicitly stated that you need to be root. (BTW, I like the
* handbook's new look) But I also think that a simple check very early on in the
* make process would help things immensely. At the very least it would help us
* forgetful types. Just make sure that the error message is very clear, something
* like, "You forgot to su dummy!". :)
Well, it's not style to yell like that. How about something like
this as a start?
===
Index: bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk,v
retrieving revision 1.309
diff -u -r1.309 bsd.port.mk
--- bsd.port.mk 1999/04/08 07:13:38 1.309
+++ bsd.port.mk 1999/04/12 10:54:26
@@ -1650,6 +1650,8 @@
${ECHO_MSG} "Warning: not superuser, can't run mtree."; \
${ECHO_MSG} "Become root and try again to ensure correct permissions."; \
fi
+.else
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "Warning: not superuser, you may get some errors during installation."; \
.endif
.endif
@cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} ${.MAKEFLAGS} ${.TARGET:S/^real-/pre-/}
===
(BTW, the ".else" is for the .if defined(NO_MTREE) case.)
-PW
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