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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/build_systems/autotools.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/autotools.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/autotools.py index df17d2ddf1..6fc77bee6a 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/autotools.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/autotools.py @@ -153,6 +153,21 @@ class AutotoolsPackage(PackageBase): raise RuntimeError('Failed to find suitable config.guess') + @run_before('configure') + def _set_autotools_environment_varoables(self): + """Many autotools builds use a version of mknod.m4 that fails when + running as root unless FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE is set to 1. + + We set this to 1 and expect the user to take responsibiltiy if + they are running as root. They have to anyway, as this variable + doesn't actually prevent configure from doing bad things as root. + Without it, configure just fails halfway through, but it can + still run things *before* this check. Forcing this just removes a + nuisance -- this is not circumventing any real protection. + + """ + os.environ["FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE"] = "1" + @run_after('configure') def _do_patch_libtool(self): """If configure generates a "libtool" script that does not correctly |