Bug 560

Summary:	Cross-compile problem in version 1.8.5p1
Product:	Sudo	Reporter:	Simon Dawson <spdawson>
Component:	Sudoers	Assignee:	Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	low
Version:	1.8.4
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux

Description Simon Dawson 2012-06-19 07:09:16 MDT

The install fails while "Checking existing sudoers file for syntax errors."

This is because an attempt is made to invoke ./visudo, which has been cross-compiled for the target.

Since this is a sanity check only, it could probably be dispensed with if cross-compile is detected.

I'd be happy to submit a patch for this, but I'll need someone with some experience of the sudo codebase to advise me how best to test for cross-compilation in the sudoers Makefile.

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2012-06-20 13:39:33 MDT

I've added a check for cross-compiling that skips the regression tests and the sudoers pre-install test.  The change will be present in sudo 1.8.6.

Comment 2 Todd C. Miller 2012-09-12 15:03:59 MDT

Fixed in sudo 1.8.6