Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 19:24:54 -0400 From: Jim Trigg <jktrigg@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keep-alive option for sudo in portmaster Message-ID: <AANLkTinBOrYBNFgVDYiN%2BC=NFtf1s%2BtuCEFAhX1xZOXp@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C5C9399.2020300@FreeBSD.org> References: <86y6cjke9i.fsf@gmail.com> <4C5C8425.5060702@FreeBSD.org> <86iq3nfj3r.fsf@gmail.com> <4C5C9399.2020300@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 08/06/2010 15:54, Anonymous wrote: >> Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> writes: >>> While I can sympathize with your situation, I think you'd be better off >>> in this case running your portmaster commands in an actual root shell. >> >> Wouldn't periodic hook be useful to smth else besides PM_SU_CMD? Like >> sending time passed since current port build started to xterm title. >> It may help to guess how long till it completes the build. > > I look forward to reviewing your patches to implement this feature. :) I use aliases: alias portadd="sudo portmaster" alias portrm="sudo portmaster -e" alias portls="portmaster -L" alias portupg="sudo portmaster -aDG" Speaking of such things (particularly the usage of -l/-L, which shouldn't need root privileges), did you get my PR and patch to allow for five-digit UIDs? HTH, Jim
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