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| -rwxr-xr-x | mirrorselect/main.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mirrorselect/main.py b/mirrorselect/main.py index 55c1cb0..cbff890 100755 --- a/mirrorselect/main.py +++ b/mirrorselect/main.py @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ from mirrorselect.output import Output, ColoredFormatter from mirrorselect.selectors import Deep, Shallow, Extractor, Interactive from mirrorselect.version import version +# eprefix compatibility +try: + from portage.const import rootuid +except ImportError: + rootuid = 0 + # establish the eprefix, initially set so eprefixify can # set it on install @@ -319,7 +325,7 @@ class MirrorSelect(object): 'You do not appear to have netselect on your system. ' 'You must use the -D flag') - if (os.getuid() != 0) and not options.output: + if (os.getuid() != rootuid) and not options.output: self.output.print_err('Must be root to write to %s!\n' % config_path) if args: |