Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:26:09 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/76422: devel/automake ports fail to install when built as non-root Message-ID: <200502081326.09576.reso3w83@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <420929D7.5040500@FreeBSD.org> References: <200501190505.j0J55Jj2023425@freefall.freebsd.org> <420929D7.5040500@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tuesday 08 February 2005 01:06 pm, Ade Lovett wrote: > > The pre-install and post-install targets are not run with elevated > > privileges, so the mkdir commands in the pre-install target fail > > when trying to install as non-root (in other words, su seems to > > only be applied for do-install) > > A quick scan of the ports tree seems to indicate that a significant > percentage of *all* ports appear to have this issue. > > I can certainly go ahead and make the change to automake*, and even > autoconf* and libtool* at the same time, but these are only 8 ports > out of many thousands that currently require elevated privileges in > pre-install and post-install targets. > > It may make considerably more sense to do a complete sweep of the > tree rather than piecemeal. > > ports@ cc'd for a wider audience. > > -aDe If a port is prefix compliant and the prefix is set to the user's home directory then lowered privileges may be waranted, otherwise only root should be installing and removing ports IMHO. -Mike
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