Bug 58489

Summary:	Patch: fixes a problem where mcl-0.53.00 just dies when not sgid root on linux console.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Robert Gill <rtgill82>
Component:	[OLD] Games	Assignee:	Gentoo Games <games>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	The Patch File

Description Robert Gill 2004-07-26 20:08:44 UTC

This patch will allow mcl to use it's fast linux TTY routines when it's set as suid root.  Previously it was configured to run as sgid, but Gentoo sets the binary's gid to games by default.   Also if the binary is not suid, then it will automatically continue using the standard TTY routines instead of just dying with an error as it did previously.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Robert Gill 2004-07-26 20:09:38 UTC

Created attachment 36241 [details, diff]
The Patch File

Comment 2 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-20 00:51:00 UTC

done.  wait 30m; resync; remerge to get the patch.