[pacman-dev] [PATCH v2] Option to enable running makepkg in

[Saul Tigh]

Although running makepkg in root is frowned upon, there ae
circumstances that one might need to do so. For example, during the
bootstrap process of building my own toy gnu/linux distro, I need to run makepkg in root. This option is disabled by
default. It can be enabled by setting 'ALLOWROOT' in makepkg to 1.
---
 scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index ca3e7459..b2cd8ee4 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ SIGNPKG=''
 SPLITPKG=0
 SOURCEONLY=0
 VERIFYSOURCE=0
+ALLOWROOT=0
 
 if [[ -n $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH ]]; then
 	REPRODUCIBLE=1
@@ -1175,9 +1176,13 @@ fi
 
 if (( ! INFAKEROOT )); then
 	if (( EUID == 0 )); then
-		error "$(gettext "Running %s as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent,\n\
-catastrophic damage to your system.")" "makepkg"
-		exit $E_ROOT
+		if (( ALLOWROOT )); then
+			plain "Running as root is not recommended. Proceed with caution."
+		else
+			error "$(gettext "Running %s as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent,\n\
+			catastrophic damage to your system.")" "makepkg"
+			exit $E_ROOT
+		fi
 	fi
 else
 	if [[ -z $FAKEROOTKEY ]]; then
@@ -1352,6 +1357,10 @@ if (( SOURCEONLY )); then
 	check_source_integrity all
 	cd_safe "$startdir"
 
+	# allow makepkg to run in root
+	if (( ALLOWROOT )); then
+		unset FAKEROOTKEY
+	fi
 	enter_fakeroot
 
 	if [[ $SIGNPKG = 'y' ]]; then
-- 
2.20.1