On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 08:07:16PM -0400, STeve Andre' wrote:
> Given that I see parrot-.0.9.0.1 in the snapshot package area, it is
> my fault that I cannot build & package it myself. I've been puzzling
> over this for a bit now, and am finally asking for a clue. I have
> script output of the entire process but it compiles ok--its a package
> building time that produces the error.
>
> Clues appreciated.
Now, as you where building this port as root and that failed. Here is
the clue:
# grep perldoc ./build-log-as-root
auto::perldoc - Is perldoc installed.................................no.
This is related to droping priviliges when perldoc(1) is ran as root.
Look at function drop_privs_maybe in file:
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/lib/Pod/Perldoc.pm
In parrot sources you have file `config/auto/perldoc.pm' and there you
can see how above `auto::perldoc' test is done.
IIRC, auto::perldoc creates temp file to grab output form perldoc. Build
is done as root, so owner of temp file is root. perldoc(1) drops to user
`nobody' and nobody cannot write to file created by File::Temp as root.
File is empty and `auto::perldoc' thinks no perldoc(1) is installed.
Even if you fake that part, you need to also modify build so those
perldoc(1) will not fail later in the build.
Sorry, I canot do more, about this issue, than explain the problem.
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best regards
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