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authorEli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>2023-02-07 21:03:54 -0500
committerEli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>2023-02-20 20:29:31 -0500
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minstall: rework root elevation prompt for extensibility and behavior
There's a couple issues with the current approach: - pkexec is an unusual elevation method, the standard is sudo - it tries to elevate even in automated workflows - the user may not want to automatically rerun as root, that might be badly behaved Do some upfront checks instead, first to make sure it even makes sense to try becoming root, and then to ask the user "do you really want this". Also check for a couple common approaches to root elevation, including doas. Fixes #7345 Fixes #7809
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+## `meson install` now supports user-preferred root elevation tools
+
+Previously, when installing a project, if any files could not be installed due
+to insufficient permissions the install process was automatically re-run using
+polkit. Now it prompts to ask whether that is desirable, and checks for
+CLI-based tools such as sudo or opendoas or `$MESON_ROOT_CMD`, first.
+
+Meson will no longer attempt privilege elevation at all, when not running
+interactively.