If setcap fails during install, try again with sudo.
Patch status: rejected
Patch by Kevin Pulo
Long description:
This lets "make install PREFIX=$HOME" work, going to root only for the setcap command, without adversely affecting "sudo make install".
To apply this patch, use:
curl http://cr.i3wm.org/patch/416/raw.patch | git am
b/Makefile
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@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ install: |
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install -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1 |
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install -m 755 i3status $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/i3status |
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# Allow network configuration for getting the link speed |
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- (which setcap && setcap cap_net_admin=ep $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/i3status) || true |
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+ ( which setcap && ( setcap cap_net_admin=ep $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/i3status || sudo setcap cap_net_admin=ep $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/i3status ) ) || true |
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install -m 644 i3status.conf $(DESTDIR)$(SYSCONFDIR)/i3status.conf |
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install -m 644 man/i3status.1 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1 |
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