Re: [PATCH 3/3] checkupdates: Do not use sudo when run as root

23 Oct 2020


      Excerpts from Daniel M. Capella's message of September 3, 2020 3:36:
...
+die() {
+	error "$@"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+runcmd() {
+	if (( EUID != 0 )); then
+		msg 'Escalating privileges using sudo'
+		if sudo -v &>/dev/null && sudo -l &>/dev/null; then
+			sudo "$@"
+		else
+			die 'Failed to escalate'
+		fi
+	else
+		"$@"
+	fi
+}
+
Might make more sense to move it to a lib/ script and m4_include it in  
both places rather than copy-pasting it around?

-- 
Sincerely,
  Johannes Löthberg :: SA0DEM