On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 12:10 AM Eli Schwartz <eschwa...@archlinux.org> wrote:
> On 1/16/20 10:51 AM, Saul Tigh wrote: > > > Do you mean there is no user account management set up yet? If it's just > > about switching users, util-linux "runuser" can let you run makepkg with > > a different user ID. > I re-submitted the patch with 'git send-email' to comply with the rules. As to user management, none exists at that stage. The system is absolutely bare however I think the root privilege is needed at that stage and is not just a question of changing user ID. > > > Wouldn't it make more sense in that case to add a build system switch > > e.g. meson -Dmakepkg-asroot=enabled? I'm concerned about including a > > codepath that doesn't do anything unless you know it exists and patch > > the source to use it. > > That is a valid point. I have to do more research about meson build system > as I'm not familiar with it much and will try to re-submit a new patch with > your suggestion. Has pacman moved away from autotools completely and do > things with meson? > >
