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

[Allan McRae]

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 <sir at cmpwn.com>
> ---
>  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