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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/build/install.scm | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/install.scm b/gnu/build/install.scm index c0d4d44091..9753792216 100644 --- a/gnu/build/install.scm +++ b/gnu/build/install.scm @@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ that the fonts, background images, etc. referred to by BOOTCFG are not GC'd." (copy-file bootcfg pivot) (rename-file pivot target))) -(define (evaluate-populate-directive directive target) +(define* (evaluate-populate-directive directive target + #:key + (default-gid 0) + (default-uid 0)) "Evaluate DIRECTIVE, an sexp describing a file or directory to create under -directory TARGET." +directory TARGET. DEFAULT-UID and DEFAULT-GID are the default UID and GID in +the context of the caller. If the directive matches those defaults then, +'chown' won't be run." (let loop ((directive directive)) (catch 'system-error (lambda () @@ -63,7 +68,12 @@ directory TARGET." (('directory name uid gid) (let ((dir (string-append target name))) (mkdir-p dir) - (chown dir uid gid))) + ;; If called from a context without "root" permissions, "chown" + ;; to root will fail. In that case, do not try to run "chown" + ;; and assume that the file will be chowned elsewhere (when + ;; interned in the store for instance). + (or (and (= uid default-uid) (= gid default-gid)) + (chown dir uid gid)))) (('directory name uid gid mode) (loop `(directory ,name ,uid ,gid)) (chmod (string-append target name) mode)) |