[37615] branches/gsoc08-privileges/base

[Rainer Müller]

pmagrath at macports.org wrote:
> Revision: 37615
>           http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/37615
> Author:   pmagrath at macports.org
> Date:     2008-06-15 10:36:41 -0700 (Sun, 15 Jun 2008)
> 
> Log Message:
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> Add --with-no-root-privileges switch to ./configure.

  >[...]
> +		# Set install-group to current user
> +		AC_MSG_CHECKING([for install group])
> +		DSTGRP=`whoami`

While some testing I found a possible problem here: `whoami` might be
incorrect if the main group of the user does not have the same name as 
the user. For example root has the primary group 'wheel' and there is no 
group called 'root'.

I would recommend `id -gn` instead here. Then we should use `id -un` for 
the username for consistency (and whoami is obsoleted by id as stated in 
the man page).

Rainer