[37794] branches/gsoc08-privileges/base/src/port1.0

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Jun 23, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Paul Magrath wrote:
> Not for the simple ports like (just for example) cowsay. I think  
> most ports won't tbh. For the ones that need it, going to add a  
> setting to the Portfile format along the lines of "RequireRoot".  
> That's the idea at any rate!


That sounds good. It would be nice to be able to be very specific for  
RequiresRoot, though (so that, for example, the configure and make of  
a port wouldn't run as root, but destroot and install would).

In any event, it's really cool that you're working on this.
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Daniel J. Luke
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