Re: [gentoo-dev] pretend requires root?

[Terje Kvernes]

Terje Kvernes <terjekv@××××××××.no> writes:

> Yannick Koehler <yannick.koehler@××××××××.com> writes:
>
> > Is it possible to make portage not require 'root' level when only
> > doing --pretend stuff?
>
> this is hardwired in /usr/bin/emerge.  look at the section starting
> on line 104 and so on.

  for the record, just adding a clause for --pretend to be allowed for
  non-root users should work.  something like this is all you need:

--- /usr/bin/emerge     Sun Apr 21 03:59:19 2002
+++ /usr/bin/emerge.orig        Sun Apr 21 03:57:53 2002
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
                        myfiles.append(x)
 
 # check if root user is the current user for the actions where emerge needs this
-if os.getuid()!=0 and ("--help" not in myopts) and ("--version" not in myopts) and ("search"!=myaction) and ("--pretend" not in myopts):
+if os.getuid()!=0 and ("--help" not in myopts) and ("--version" not in myopts) and ("search"!=myaction):
        print "!!! to be able to perform the requested action, emerge must be run by root."
        sys.exit(1)

-- 
Terje - who was at a party earlier, and was a tad too busy to provide
        more info at that time.  :)