[arch-projects] [devtools][PATCH 08/13] makechrootpkg: Add a comment warning about a bug in "sudo -i"
Luke Shumaker
lukeshu at parabola.nu
Fri May 5 22:41:05 UTC 2017
The bug isn't currently triggered, but I accidentally did trigger when I
was trying to modify the command a bit. I figure a "caution" sign would be
helpful to any future developers.
---
makechrootpkg.in | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index d922fa0..2a19dbb 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ EOF
# so no global variables
_chrootbuild() {
. /etc/profile
+ # Beware, there are some stupid arbitrary rules on how you can
+ # use "$" in arguments to commands with "sudo -i". ${foo} or
+ # ${1} is OK, but $foo or $1 isn't.
+ # https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=765
sudo -iu builduser bash -c 'cd /startdir; makepkg "$@"' -bash "$@"
}
--
2.12.2
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