Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer) Date: Sun Nov 15 12:31:07 2020 New Revision: 367708 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367708
Log: MFC r367253: Document how to use sudo for SU_CMD It is rather common for the ports users to replace su(1) with sudo(8) within the SU_CMD variable. Let's document it in the manual page (so far it's been hidden in a comment within bsd.commands.mk). Modified: stable/11/share/man/man7/ports.7 Directory Properties: stable/11/ (props changed) Modified: stable/11/share/man/man7/ports.7 ============================================================================== --- stable/11/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sun Nov 15 12:28:57 2020 (r367707) +++ stable/11/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sun Nov 15 12:31:07 2020 (r367708) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 6, 2014 +.Dd November 1, 2020 .Dt PORTS 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -372,6 +372,17 @@ Where to find/put distfiles, normally .Pa distfiles/ in .Va PORTSDIR . +.It Va SU_CMD +Command used to elevate privilege to configure and install a port. +The unprivileged user must have write access to +.Va WRKDIRPREFIX +and +.Va DISTDIR . +The default is +.Ql /usr/bin/su root -c . +Many users set it to +.Ql /usr/local/bin/sudo -E sh -c +for convenience. .It Va PACKAGES Used only for the .Cm package _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
