On 10/08/2012 06:09 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> kre...@linuxfromscratch.org wrote:
>> Author: krejzi
>> Date: 2012-10-08 00:05:45 -0600 (Mon, 08 Oct 2012)
>> New Revision: 10721
>>
>> Modified:
>> trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7app.xml
>> trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7font.xml
>> trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7lib.xml
>> trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7proto.xml
>> Log:
>> Minor fixups to Xorg section and AS_ROOT stuff.
>>
>> Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7app.xml
>> ===================================================================
>> --- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7app.xml 2012-10-07 23:42:03 UTC (rev
>> 10720)
>> +++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7app.xml 2012-10-08 06:05:45 UTC (rev
>> 10721)
>> @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
>> pushd $packagedir
>> ./configure $XORG_CONFIG
>> make
>> - $AS_ROOT make install
>> + $AS_ROOT "make install"
>
> We have a problem. The above change works for su -c "make install", but
> fails for sudo "make install" with
>
> sudo: make install: command not found
>
> The su variation fails without the quotes, so we need to rework this.
> Personally, I prefer sudo, but can understand that some will want to use
> su.
>
> The only solution I can come up with is to create a bash function
> something like:
>
> as_root()
> {
> if [ -x /usr/bin/sudo ]; then
> sudo $*
> else
> su -c \\"$*\\"
> fi
> }
>
> I can't say I like it, but it works.
>
> -- Bruce
>
Sorry, I didn't have sudo installed. I have just checked it with su -c
or AS_ROOT not set. Should we remove su -c and just leave sudo and
installing as root as options?
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