I’m attempting to use Zig on OpenBSD-current.

[nmott@infosec.exchange]

I’m attempting to use Zig on OpenBSD-current. I have to perform seemingly every action, from viewing zig build —help to actually building a project, as root. This hasn’t been a problem with make, the uxn assembler, etc. What do I need to do to make this easier?

(I am using zig-0.15.2 from the package repo; maybe I should be using the latest snapshot? I saw there were some OpenBSD-related changes made not that long ago but I figured the version available from ports would either work out of the box or give me instructions for making it work.)

#OpenBSD #Zig

[nmott@infosec.exchange]

@brettm I didn’t initialize the first projects that presented this problem, but I assume zig init wasn’t run as root. I honestly don’t remember if I needed root permissions with my later tests—sleep-deprived and shouldn’t be awake right now—but I’ll double-check in a bit.