[arch-haskell] working with HABS

[Leif Warner]

You can also set the timeout between re-asking for a password to a very
long time (I have this set anyways)
sudo visudo:
Defaults:yourUsername timestamp_timeout=60

sets it to an hour


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:41 AM, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org>wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Linus Arver <linusarver at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to compile HABS packages with the 'makeahpkg' script but the uses
> > of 'sudo' require me to enter my root password every once in a while.
> > This is annoying because I cannot just do
> >
> >     ./makeahpkg -c -- $(cblrepo build base | tail -n +2)
> >
> > and let it run overnight. In fact, at one instance the script just
> > exited on its own because I did not enter the root pasword in time. Is
> > there a workaround for this?
>
> The easiest way is to remove password prompting while building.  That
> does compromise security somewhat though.  You can also try to run the
> script as root, then `sudo` becomes a no-op.  The building uses a
> chroot, which is why root access is necessary.
>
> > Also does anyone have recommendations for web storage services that
> > would work well with hosting my build of HABS packages? I've tried
> > DropBox but the current AUR package for it is unusable, at least with
> > Xmonad.
>
> There is always the option of using the pre-built packages.
> Information can be found at
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Haskell_package_guidelines#Haskell_packages
>
> /M
>
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