add better support for non-root installations

openpkg/openpkg.spec

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 #   the package version and release
 %define       V_openpkg 0.9
-%define       R_openpkg 31
+%define       R_openpkg 32
 
 #   the used software versions
 %define       V_rpm     4.0.2
@@ -739,6 +739,17 @@ Provides:     OpenPKG
 %pre
     [ ".$1" != .1 ] && exit 0
 
+    #   this procedure is only usable with root priviledges
+    #   (for non-root installations it is not required at all)
+    thisuser=`(id -un) 2>/dev/null ||\
+              (id | sed -e 's;^[^(]*(\([^)]*\)).*;\1;') 2>/dev/null ||\
+              (whoami) 2>/dev/null ||\
+              (who am i | cut "-d " -f1) 2>/dev/null ||\
+              echo $LOGNAME`
+    if [ ".$thisuser" = ".root" ]; then
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
     #   determine runtime details (for both inside and outside RPM!!)
     user="$fsusr";  [ ".$fsusr" = . ]  && fsusr="%{l_fsusr}"
     group="$fsgrp"; [ ".$fsgrp" = . ]  && fsgrp="%{l_fsgrp}"
@@ -1004,7 +1015,7 @@ Provides:     OpenPKG
     if [ ".$1" = .2 ]; then
         ( sleep 2
           %{l_prefix}/bin/rpm --rebuilddb
-          chown %{l_fsusr}:%{l_fsgrp} %{l_prefix}/RPM/DB/*
+          chown %{l_fsusr}:%{l_fsgrp} %{l_prefix}/RPM/DB/* || true
         ) </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &
     fi
 
@@ -1031,6 +1042,13 @@ Provides:     OpenPKG
     ##  trick below.
     ##
 
+    #   determine current user
+    thisuser=`(id -un) 2>/dev/null ||\
+              (id | sed -e 's;^[^(]*(\([^)]*\)).*;\1;') 2>/dev/null ||\
+              (whoami) 2>/dev/null ||\
+              (who am i | cut "-d " -f1) 2>/dev/null ||\
+              echo $LOGNAME`
+
     #   determine runtime details (for both inside and outside RPM!!)
     user="%{l_fsusr}"
     group="%{l_fsgrp}"