Bug 14684

Summary:	emerge -pf for non-root throws filesystem readonly errors
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	AJ Armstrong <aja>
Component:	Unclassified	Assignee:	Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) <carpaski>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description AJ Armstrong 2003-01-28 12:32:42 UTC

Behavior should either be an 'only root can do that' error or (preferable to me)
the list of source URLs you get for the same command as root.

Comment 1 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-01-28 19:12:46 UTC

Are you root?

Comment 2 AJ Armstrong 2003-01-29 09:14:10 UTC

"emerge -pf package" works fine for root.  However, when the same command is 
executed by non-root, it throws a bunch of error messags.  My thought is that, 
because it is a "pretend" command, it should work for non-root.  Or, if it is 
decided that the command shouldn't work for non-root, it should gracefully 
exit with a meaningful message (along the lines of 'root access required'.  
Admittedly, a minor point.

Comment 3 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-02-22 08:52:32 UTC

Add user to the portage group.

Comment 4 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-02-22 08:53:05 UTC

Change for 2.0.47 series.