fix(build): pass apk --usermode for non-root builds (the real "startx… - #676
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…: not found" cause)
The build normally runs as an unprivileged user (`make` on a dev box). apk 3.x
refuses to create a package database as non-root without --usermode, so the
build-time `apk add --root` exited immediately with
"ERROR: Use --usermode to allow creating database as non-root" and was warned
past -- shipping an image with no X server ("sh: startx: not found"), regardless
of network. (This is what the user hit; a direct run of the exact command
reproduced the error.)
apk also REFUSES --usermode when run as root ("--usermode not allowed as root"),
so the flag can't just always be passed. Detect the euid via `id -u` (no new
crate dep) and pass --usermode only when non-root; a root/CI build keeps the
privileged path.
xtask builds; fmt/clippy clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MHCn5RNRcwR5PY1sYBHY2S
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…: not found" cause)
The build normally runs as an unprivileged user (
makeon a dev box). apk 3.x refuses to create a package database as non-root without --usermode, so the build-timeapk add --rootexited immediately with "ERROR: Use --usermode to allow creating database as non-root" and was warned past -- shipping an image with no X server ("sh: startx: not found"), regardless of network. (This is what the user hit; a direct run of the exact command reproduced the error.)apk also REFUSES --usermode when run as root ("--usermode not allowed as root"), so the flag can't just always be passed. Detect the euid via
id -u(no new crate dep) and pass --usermode only when non-root; a root/CI build keeps the privileged path.xtask builds; fmt/clippy clean.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MHCn5RNRcwR5PY1sYBHY2S