VLC: hack to run as root

This was discussed in the previous post:
http://bkhome.org/archive/blog2/201209/ppm-dependency-search-deeper-faster.html

I have put hacks into Woof to fix this. The FIXUPHACK in vlc template applies the fix if a pup is built with vlc. The script /usr/local/petget/hacks-postinstall.sh applies the fix if vlc is installed in a running pup.

Woof commit:
http://bkhome.org/fossil/woof2.cgi/info/617697370d

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Comments

re VLC hack
Username: BarryK
I fixed something, will be in next Woof commit.

Q about VLC hack
Username: 01micko
"Hi Barry Vlc has the option '--enable-run-as-root' which anyone compiling vlc for puppy uses. Any idea how your hack would affect the binary produced in that circumstance?

Re VLC Q
Username: BarryK
"01micko, I'm hoping that it will have no effect, applying the hack.

Re applying hack
Username: BarryK
"Anyway, the hack only gets applied in a running pup when a package is installed named vlc-nox_*

yet another solution
Username: tatemono
"My PC runs DRAKE PUPPY 0.3 and VLC v1.1.12 was installed. In order to run VLC as root, I submitted the following 2 commands instead of hacking the executable binaries. [1] chown fido:users /usr/bin/vlc [2] chmod 4755 /usr/bin/vlc

Tags: woof