On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 02:34:54AM -0400, thev...@openmailbox.org wrote: > with SUDO set in /etc/mk.conf: > if make release is run as root it will not proceed. > if run as a regular user it gets further, but fails on permissions. > > without SUDO in /etc/mk.conf (and i presume the environment) it works fine. > > is there any way around this allowing /etc/mk.conf (which is useful for > ports)? > i can always move it temporarily, add it to my automated scripts, but is there > a better way? > > > $ cat /etc/mk.conf > SUDO=/usr/bin/sudo
I think (and this is probably somewhere in the docs) you should use sudo -E. without it (and if you're not in wsrc) DESTDIR and RELEASEDIR are removed. check the default sudoers, and sudo manpage for details. Landry.