Searching for a package shouldn't need root privileges about aura HOT 12 CLOSED

They shouldn't... are your environment variables borked?

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@Jiehong Is this still a problem?

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I don't understand what you mean by "borked"

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Not working.

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Output with --auradebug please :)

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Here is the output of aura --auradebug as a normal user:

Using Sudo?       => Yes!
Language          => English
Pacman Command    => pacman-color
Ignored Pkgs      => 
Pkg Cache Path    => /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
Log File Path     => /var/log/pacman.log
Silent Building?  => Yes!
Must Confirm?     => Yes!
PKGBUILD editing? => No.

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Something tells me there might be some funny business going on in Shell.hs.

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@Jiehong Are you still having these problems?

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Version 1.0.4.0: unfortunately, yes.

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Alright then. Questions to be answered:

1. What happens when you enter aura -Ss nvidia?
2. What happens when you enter sudo aura -Ss nvidia?
3. What happens when you enter aura -As aura?
4. What happens when you enter sudo aura -As aura?

Could you include the output of --auradebug for each as well please?

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Version 1.0.5.0. Here are the corresponding outputs.

aura -Ss nvidia --auradebug

User              => xxxx
True User         => xxxx
Using Sudo?       => No.
Language          => English
Pacman Command    => pacman-color
Ignored Pkgs      => 
Pkg Cache Path    => /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
Log File Path     => /var/log/pacman.log
Silent Building?  => Yes!
Must Confirm?     => Yes!
PKGBUILD editing? => No.
…

sudo aura -Ss nvidia --auradebug

[sudo] password for xxxx:
User              => root
True User         => xxxx
Using Sudo?       => Yes!
Language          => English
Pacman Command    => pacman-color
Ignored Pkgs      => 
Pkg Cache Path    => /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
Log File Path     => /var/log/pacman.log
Silent Building?  => Yes!
Must Confirm?     => Yes!
PKGBUILD editing? => No.
…

Same for -As.

Okay, I think I've found the issue: I kept the following alias aura="sudo aura"… and it's when trying to do what you asked that I found out…

However, if I don't use this alias, I can't install a package if I don't write sudo before… is that supposed to be this way?

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Thanks for getting this to me.

And yes, you can't build packages without using sudo. Aura will block you saying:
aura >>= You have to use sudo for that.

So I guess this is solved, then? Your alias was the issue?
If you take away the alias, -As and -Ai shouldn't bother you for the sudo password anymore.

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