On 1/8/2023 4:06 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>
> That configure check is from a gnulib macro. It also appears (at
> least) in archivers/gtar, where we work around it like this:
>
> Index: Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/ports/sysutils/coreutils/Makefile,v
> retrieving revision 1.25
> diff -u -p -r1.25 Makefile
> --- Makefile 5 Jun 2022 00:25:07 -0000 1.25
> +++ Makefile 8 Jan 2023 21:05:05 -0000
> @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS = devel/gettext,-runtime
> CONFIGURE_STYLE = gnu
> CONFIGURE_ARGS = --program-prefix=g \
> --without-libgmp
> +# supply result to skip a test that will abort configure if run as root
> +CONFIGURE_ENV += gl_cv_func_mknod_works=no
>
> # Fixes a spurrious test failure
> PORTHOME = ${WRKDIR}
>
OK for me.
Thanks.
~Brian
