Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH] Add --with-sudo configure option

On 13/03/17 10:49, Drew DeVault wrote:

Allows you to specify an alternate command for running things as root, such as OpenBSD's doas.

Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault --- configure.ac | 9 +++++++++ scripts/Makefile.am | 1 + scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 8 ++++---- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 10e4415c..825b29b9 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(scriptlet-shell, [set the full path to the shell used to run install scriptlets]), [SCRIPTLET_SHELL=$withval], [SCRIPTLET_SHELL=/bin/sh])

+# Help line for changing sudo command +AC_ARG_WITH(sudo, + AS_HELP_STRING([--with-sudo=sudo], + [set the command used to run pacman as root]), + [SUDOCMD=$withval], [SUDOCMD=sudo]) +

I find the help string a bit vague. How about: [command used to elevate privileges for pacman using within makepkg] I'm also not convinced with the name. --with-root-command? Allan