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-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py
index d3b6437..b51a351 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ def do_install(log_dir, datafilename):
run_install_script(d)
except PermissionError:
if shutil.which('pkexec') is not None and 'PKEXEC_UID' not in os.environ:
+ print('Installation failed due to insufficient permissions.')
+ print('Attempting to use polkit to gain elevated privileges...')
os.execlp('pkexec', 'pkexec', sys.executable, main_file, *sys.argv[1:],
os.getcwd())
else: