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Diffstat (limited to 'mesonbuild/minstall.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/minstall.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/minstall.py b/mesonbuild/minstall.py index a645960..698feef 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/minstall.py +++ b/mesonbuild/minstall.py @@ -566,10 +566,13 @@ class Installer: if rootcmd is not None: print('Installation failed due to insufficient permissions.') - ans = input(f'Attempt to use {rootcmd} to gain elevated privileges? [y/n] ') - if ans not in {'y', 'n'}: + for attempt in range(5): + ans = input(f'Attempt to use {rootcmd} to gain elevated privileges? [y/n] ') + if ans in {'y', 'n'}: + break + else: raise MesonException('Answer not one of [y/n]') - elif ans == 'y': + if ans == 'y': os.execlp(rootcmd, rootcmd, sys.executable, main_file, *sys.argv[1:], '-C', os.getcwd(), '--no-rebuild') raise |