On Dec 9, 2014, at 6:11 AM, Behrang Saeedzadeh wrote:
> As part of a Portfile I am writing, I need to install a Ruby gem, so I have
> added this build block:
>
> build {
> system "${prefix}/bin/gem-1.8 install CFPropertyList"
> }
>
> This fails, because without root privileges, the gem cannot be installed.
Presumably `gem install` would install files directly into the prefix,
bypassing the destroot. We would not want that. Figure out how to get `gem
install` instead to install into the destroot; root permission should not be
needed to do so.
> However if I change the build block to use sudo:
>
> build {
> system "sudo ${prefix}/bin/gem-1.8 install CFPropertyList"
> }
>
> It also fails, but this time with this error message:
>
> :info:build sh: /usr/bin/sudo: Operation not permitted
>
> What's the proper way of invoking such commands that need root level
> permissions?
Set
build.asroot yes
in the portfile, but that is not the proper solution for this case. Setting a
phase's asroot property to yes should not be needed in the vast majority of
cases.
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