You don't need to use SUDO for `make install` as you have write privileges into $pkgdir folder.
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 21:55:38 Laurie Clark-Michalek wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been working on the splashy-creator package (updating it to 2.2), and
> had got it working, when I realised I had a potential problem. I needed to
> use sudo in the pkgbuild, and so far, I have never seen it used in a
> package. Is this OK, and/or is there away to avoid it? Here is my package
> build for inspection:
>
> # Contributor: Laurie Clark-Michalek <BluePeppers (at) archlinux (dot) us>
>
> pkgname=splashy-creator
> pkgver=2.2
> pkgrel=1
> pkgdesc="A tool for creating Splashy themes."
> arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
> url="http://www.nanolx.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34";
> license=('GPL3')
> depends=('sed' 'pygtk>=2.4' 'python>=2.4' 'splashy')
> makedepends=('sudo' 'patch')
> source=(http://nanolx.org/free/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2 $pkgname.patch)
> md5sums=('615033a2cabab0b132ecc9aff2c07a7b'
> 'b8095120f36b5f2cc3b1704a7b2e32a6')
>
> build() {
> cd $srcdir/$pkgname
> ./configure
> patch ./Makefile $srcdir/splashy-creator.patch
> sudo make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install || return 1
> }
>
>
> The patch is just a small one:
>
> 23c23
> < @mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/usr/bin/
> ---
>
> > @mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/
>
> Thanks,
>
> Laurie
>
> P.S. This is the first time I've used patch, so is the .patch file alright?
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