23102 2003-06-19 06:55 0000 ebuild media-libs/tiff-3.5.7-r1.ebuild install fails when ROOT != "" 2003-06-19 23:59:44 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Ebuilds unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 martin.gadbois@colubris.com bug-wranglers@gentoo.org martin.gadbois@colubris.com 2003-06-19 06:55:17 0000 When installing tiff in a different directory than / using ROOT=/home/user/gentoo, the installation fails (permission denied) or Sandbox failures. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. ROOT="somedir" emerge tiff Actual Results: Permission denied, and/or sandbox access violation Expected Results: Correct installation The reason is that tiff's install.sh uses the ROOT variable. Found by Yannick Koehler. See patch. --- tiff-3.5.7-r1.ebuild.org 2003-06-19 09:36:58.000000000 +0000 +++ tiff-3.5.7-r1.ebuild 2003-06-19 09:37:14.000000000 +0000 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ src_install() { dodir /usr/{bin,lib,share/man,share/doc/${PF}/html} dodir /usr/share/doc/${PF}/html - make INSTALL="/bin/sh ${S}/port/install.sh" install || die + make ROOT="" INSTALL="/bin/sh ${S}/port/install.sh" install || die preplib /usr dodoc COPYRIGHT README TODO VERSION } mr_bones_@gentoo.org 2003-06-19 23:59:44 0000 I could reproduce the problem so I went ahead and applied the patch. Thanks for the bug report Martin. This is fixed in CVS so I'll go ahead and close the bug. Reopen if there's a problem.