On 28/03/13 17:01, Alexander Hansen wrote: > I was finally able to reproduce this--I hadn't tried using 10.8 before > now. I had thought that people were also able to trigger this issue on > other OS X versions, but I might have remembered incorrectly. > > I set up a Fink tree with RootMethod: none. If I use "sudo -s" or just > "su" to switch to root then tar works. If I use "su -", then tar hangs. > > There are some significant environment differences, and perhaps one of > these accounts for the issue (since this is a test Fink environment the > Fink tree isn't being loaded automatically): > > (su -) [] > SHELL=/bin/sh > USER=root > PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin
> (su) [] > SHELL=/bin/sh > USER=hansen > PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Users/hansen/bin > _=/usr/bin/printenv How did you set up your Fink environment for the root user? Manually? Or not at all? With pathsetup.sh it won't work, because it doesn't support sh as shell. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Own the Future-Intel® Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
