On 31/03/14 21:24, Kfir Lavi wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Samuli Suominen <ssuomi...@gentoo.org > <mailto:ssuomi...@gentoo.org>> wrote: > > > On 31/03/14 21:15, Kfir Lavi wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to create an ebuild to install matlab MCR on gentoo. > > The installer InstallShileld try to create directory > > /root/InstallShield ;-) > > mkdir is run by java binary that try this. So I have no access to > > change it. > > There is no option to provide InstallShield it's relative > install path. > > I can provide matlab's install path and other options, but this made > > permanent /root/InstallShield > > > > What can I do? > > > > Thanks, > > Kfir > > Try the gentoo-user mailing list or forums. Nothing we can do from > Gentoo's side, ie. wrong mailing list. > > Is there a way to contain this violation and provide a pseudo > permissions to use /root/InstallShield
Have you looked into using `addpredict` or `addwrite`? For examples, check, # cd /usr/portage # grep addpredict */*/*.ebuild And same for addwrite. (And I still believe this discussion should be in the gentoo-user ML, but since others have replied too, might as well.)
