Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 21:06:03 +0200 From: Antoine Brodin <antoine@FreeBSD.org> To: Julio Merino <jmmv@freebsd.org> Cc: python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Make python27 build as an unprivileged user Message-ID: <CAALwa8koQy2U2_t=vkZ_KdpDSVyrj6mAxHnR4wqjNPyXvXV=gg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140403190156.GA83695@mastodon.meroh.net> References: <20140403190156.GA83695@mastodon.meroh.net>
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On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Julio Merino <jmmv@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hello, > > I needed the patch below to be able to build python27 when using ports as > an unprivileged user. It is a bit too coarse-grained, but I think ports > does not offer a finer-grained mechanism to indicate that only the staging > phase needs root. > > (Note that pkgsrc marks all python packages as requiring root for the > stage phase... and I suppose it's because of the same problem I encountered.) > > What do you think? (If you think this is OK, I'll need an explicit approval > to commit.) Hi, It's better to understand and fix the cause of the failure as non-root than putting NEED_ROOT. Cheers, Antoine (with hat: portmgr)
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