Priorize sudo/doas over safer run0

mesonbuild · Dec 22, 2024 · 5fd9074 · 5fd9074
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Installing.md b/docs/markdown/Installing.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ running `sudo meson install` will drop permissions and rebuild out of date
 targets as the original user, not as root.
 
 *(since 1.1.0)* Re-invoking as root will try to guess the user's preferred method for
-re-running commands as root. The order of precedence is: run0, sudo, doas, pkexec
+re-running commands as root. The order of precedence is: sudo, doas, run0, pkexec
 (polkit). An elevation tool can be forced by setting `$MESON_ROOT_CMD`.
 
 ## DESTDIR support

diff --git a/mesonbuild/minstall.py b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ def do_install(self, datafilename: str) -> None:
                 raise
             rootcmd = (
                 os.environ.get('MESON_ROOT_CMD')
-                or shutil.which('run0')
                 or shutil.which('sudo')
                 or shutil.which('doas')
+                or shutil.which('run0')
             )
             pkexec = shutil.which('pkexec')
             if rootcmd is None and pkexec is not None and 'PKEXEC_UID' not in os.environ: