In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Corrin Lakeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, running fink without root really isn't that hard.
Yeah, I wrote a FAQ about that over a year ago. Of course you have an
updated hack.
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Date: 2001-10-18 21:08
From: Ashley Yakeley, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Fink-Developers List, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Fink-devel] Running Fink Non-Root FAQ
Running Fink Non-Root FAQ
1. What's that?
By hacking fink, you can get it to build packages non-root. You then
install packages as root (or non-root, see #5).
2. Why might I want to do that?
Well, build scripts are long and complicated, and sometimes bad stuff
can sneak in. I've discovered a number of bugs doing this, mostly
scripts that install directly into the fink directory (%p), rather than
the destination directory (%i). More specific reasons include:
a. you want to make sure your fink package doesn't do bad things at
build time
b. you want to keep tight control of your system and don't trust build
scripts not to do stuff like put files in the wrong place, muck about
with NetInfo, etc.
3. Why might I want to not do that?
a. Some packages won't build, perhaps because they do a 'chown'. Mysql,
for instance.
b. All your files will be installed owned by the building user, rather
than root. This means the building user inappropriately has the right to
fiddle with the files.
c. If you install packages as root, you can't auto-install dependent
packages when building non-root.
d. It's a hack, it's not officially supported.
4. How do I do it?
Edit the main fink script, e.g.
$ pico `which fink`
Find these two lines:
# are we root?
if ($> != 0) {
Edit the second line like this:
# are we root?
if (0) {
That's it! Fink will now run non-root, but should also work exactly the
same when running root. You might want to create a special user just for
building.
5. Can I set up my fink directory so I can also install non-root?
Probably, but packages that do stuff such as edit the NetInfo database
will have to be installed as root.
6. How do I rebuild a package without reinstalling it?
Do 'fink rebuild' non-root and ignore the error when it tries to
reinstall it.
7. How might this situation be improved in the future?
If fink can run under fakeroot, it should be able to do everything it
needs to do without being able to do anything it shouldn't do (more or
less). Unfortunately, fakeroot has not yet been ported to Darwin. I
tried a while ago, but ran up against differing semaphore models. But if
you know about that sort of thing, you should have a go...
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Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA
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