virtualbox-ose-additions - build fails due to env mixup

[Domagoj Smolčić]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:10:31 GMT
Martin Simmons <martin at lispworks.com> wrote:

> >>>>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:53:17 +0100, Domagoj Smolčić said:  
> > 
> > virtualbox-ose-additions-5.2.22 and below
> > 
> > If user which su-ed to root, has in it's .shrc file, inclusion of
> > i.e; . $HOME/_some_file.sh, during build, that file is included
> > from /root/ instead and build fails with:
> >     .: Can't open /root/_some_file.sh
> > As /usr/local/bin/kmk reports (kBuild-0.1.9998_11)
> > 
> > WORKAROUND:
> >     Uncomment inclusion line
> >   OR
> >     Log in directly as a root  
> 
> I suggest using "su - root" to become root.
> 
> __Martin

I confirm it works, but it is just another workaround.
    emulators/virtualbox-ose doesn't have this issue, as well as other ports.

Anyway, this isn't a critical bug, more of a annoyance ..., so it is
very low as fixing priority.


Domagoj Smolčić