On 01/27/2011 09:05 AM, Matthew Summers wrote: > Now, as to whether to include the value ESVN_PASSWORD in the ebuild, I would > not do that. Personally, I would setup svn+ssh and use an ssh key to access > the repo. I do this with git using the git eclass. I am prompted for a > password/key by portage in this case. To automate this using an ssh key, you > can just use a passwordless key or setup ssh-agent. Also note, the key will > be sought out first in /root/.ssh (I think it looks there first anyway).
In this case, you could potentially have a problem if you have FEATURES=userpriv enabled, since that would cause src_unpack to execute as the "portage" user. > Regarding your final question, I think that portage will ask you to enter > the password if it tries to access something over HTTPS requiring > authentication, but I am not 100% certain at the moment. In this case, depending on the FETCHCOMMAND behavior, you could have a problem with FEATURES=parallel-fetch since it launches fetches in the background. So, if background fetch doesn't fail gracefully, you might want to set FEATURES="-parallel-fetch" in /etc/make.conf. Also, you could set PROPERTIES=interactive in the ebuild, in order ensure that the fetcher is executed in the foreground. -- Thanks Zac
