The pkg will not build if I don't have sudo enabled. It's because gtk-update-icon-cache is used during the make install, regardless of directory. See the error message below.
gtk-update-icon-cache: Failed to open file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/.icon-theme.cache : Permission denied make: *** [install] Error 1 ==> ERROR: Build Failed. 2009/4/8 Dan Vratil <[email protected]> > You don't need to use SUDO for `make install` as you have write privileges > into $pkgdir folder. > > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 21:55:38 Laurie Clark-Michalek wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been working on the splashy-creator package (updating it to 2.2), > and > > had got it working, when I realised I had a potential problem. I needed > to > > use sudo in the pkgbuild, and so far, I have never seen it used in a > > package. Is this OK, and/or is there away to avoid it? Here is my package > > build for inspection: > > > > # Contributor: Laurie Clark-Michalek <BluePeppers (at) archlinux (dot) > us> > > > > pkgname=splashy-creator > > pkgver=2.2 > > pkgrel=1 > > pkgdesc="A tool for creating Splashy themes." > > arch=('i686' 'x86_64') > > url="http://www.nanolx.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34"; > > license=('GPL3') > > depends=('sed' 'pygtk>=2.4' 'python>=2.4' 'splashy') > > makedepends=('sudo' 'patch') > > source=(http://nanolx.org/free/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2 $pkgname.patch) > > md5sums=('615033a2cabab0b132ecc9aff2c07a7b' > > 'b8095120f36b5f2cc3b1704a7b2e32a6') > > > > build() { > > cd $srcdir/$pkgname > > ./configure > > patch ./Makefile $srcdir/splashy-creator.patch > > sudo make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install || return 1 > > } > > > > > > The patch is just a small one: > > > > 23c23 > > < @mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/usr/bin/ > > --- > > > > > @mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/ > > > > Thanks, > > > > Laurie > > > > P.S. This is the first time I've used patch, so is the .patch file > alright? > > -- > --------------------------------- > Dan Vrátil > [email protected] > ICQ 249163429 > Jabber [email protected] > Tel. +420 732 326 870 >
