Changeset 33cbd93a

Timestamp:

07/30/2012 03:02:54 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

DJ Lucas <dj@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

a0bb5d33

Parents:

73dd9a12

Message:

Added AS_ROOT variable to Xorg installation loops.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@10481 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general.ent (modified) (2 diffs)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• x/installing/x7app.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• x/installing/x7font.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• x/installing/x7lib.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• x/installing/x7proto.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

general.ent

@@ -4 +4 @@
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "29">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "30">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "07">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2012">
@@ -109 +109 @@
 <!ENTITY lfssvn_built2        " platform but has not been tested.">
 <!-- End special entities about LFS compatibility -->
+
+<!ENTITY as_root              "<note><para>When installing multiple packages in
+                              a script, the installation needs to be done as
+                              the root user. There are three general options
+                              that can be used to do this:</para>
+
+                              <orderedlist>
+                              <listitem><para>Run the entire script as the root
+                              user (not recommended).</para></listitem>
+
+                              <listitem><para>Use the '<command>sudo</command>'
+                              command from the <xref linkend='sudo'/>
+                              package.</para></listitem>
+
+                              <listitem><para>Use '<command>su -c</command>'
+                              which will ask for the root password for every
+                              iteration of the loop.</para></listitem>
+                              </orderedlist>
+
+                              <para>Select a preferred method and export a
+                              variable <parameter>AS_ROOT</parameter> with the
+                              following command replacing
+                              <parameter>&lt;as_root&gt;</parameter> with the
+                              selected command (unset or use an empty variable
+                              if you intend to run the entire loop as the
+                              root user):</para>
+
+                              <screen><userinput>export AS_ROOT='<replaceable>&lt;as_root&gt;</replaceable>'</userinput></screen>
+                              </note>">
 
 <!ENTITY not-katamari         "<para>This package is not a part of the Xorg

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -45 +45 @@
 -->
     <listitem>
+      <para>July 30th, 2012</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[dj] - Added "AS_ROOT" variable to Xorg installation
+          loops.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>July 29th, 2012</para>
       <itemizedlist>

x/installing/x7app.xml

@@ -243 +243 @@
     <title>Installation of Xorg Applications</title>
 
-    <para>First, start a sub-shell that will exit on error:</para>
+&as_root;
+
+    <para>First, start a subshell that will exit on error:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>bash -e</userinput></screen>
@@ -254 +256 @@
   packagedir=${package%.tar.bz2}
   tar -xf $package
-  cd $packagedir
+  pushd $packagedir
   ./configure $XORG_CONFIG
   make
-  sudo make install
-  cd ..
+  $AS_ROOT make install
+  popd
   rm -r $packagedir
 done</userinput></screen>

x/installing/x7font.xml

@@ -234 +234 @@
     <title>Installation of Xorg Fonts</title>
 
+&as_root;
+
     <para>First, start a subshell that will exit on error:</para>
 
@@ -245 +247 @@
   packagedir=${package%.tar.bz2}
   tar -xf $package
-  cd $packagedir
+  pushd $packagedir
   ./configure $XORG_CONFIG
   make
-  sudo make install
-  cd ..
+  $AS_ROOT make install
+  popd
   rm -r $packagedir
 done</userinput></screen>

x/installing/x7lib.xml

@@ -230 +230 @@
     <title>Installation of Xorg Libraries</title>
 
+&as_root;
+
     <para>First, start a subshell that will exit on error:</para>
 
@@ -241 +243 @@
   packagedir=${package%.tar.bz2}
   tar -xf $package
-  cd $packagedir
+  pushd $packagedir
   case $packagedir in
     libXfont-[0-9]* )
@@ -255 +257 @@
   esac
   make
-  sudo make install
-  cd ..
+  $AS_ROOT make install
+  popd
   rm -r $packagedir
   sudo /sbin/ldconfig

x/installing/x7proto.xml

@@ -210 +210 @@
     <title>Installation of Xorg Protocol Headers</title>
 
+    &as_root;
+
     <para>First, start a subshell that will exit on error:</para>
 
@@ -221 +223 @@
   packagedir=${package%.tar.bz2}
   tar -xf $package
-  cd $packagedir
+  pushd $packagedir
   ./configure $XORG_CONFIG
-  sudo make install
-  cd ..
+  $AS_ROOT make install
+  popd
   rm -r $packagedir
 done</userinput></screen>
@@ -237 +239 @@
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-    <para><command>bash -e</command>: This command starts a sub-shell that will
+    <para><command>bash -e</command>: This command starts a subshell that will
     exit if any command returns a value other than 0, causing the for loop to
     exit immediately if an error occurs. This also eliminates the need for the