#1 ./resources/scripts/misc/versioncheck: line 31: version: Permission denied

version
versiondate

Are owned by root.

Solved by issuing sudo chown $USER:$USER version*

I don't see the problem. I just freshly cloned the repository, on 2 different systems, and simply ran:

./build

This is enough to run that script automatically.

The version file does not exist by default, in the build system. It is generated every time you run the build system. In releases, it is left alone, and in the Git repository, it is always updated automatically (so that on new commits, the version automatically updates).

Anyway, I can't reproduce your issue.

Were you using the build system while logged in as root, and then afterwards decided to run it as a regular user?

If that's the case, I'd just go nuclear and do:

chown -R $USER:$USER lbmk/*

The only commands run as a superuser were for dependency installation, per the documentation:

• https://libreboot.org/docs/build/
• https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_cbfs.html

sudo make install-dependencies-ubuntu
sudo ./build dependencies ubuntu2004

The build script sources ./resources/scripts/misc/versioncheck, which runs:

printf "%s\n" "${version}" > version
...
printf "%s\n" "${versiondate}" > versiondate

When installing dependencies, this is performed as root.

ah!

nice catch. i'll fix this now

Thanks, I fixed it now. Just nuke the version/versiondate files before you use the build system again, or change ownership to your normal user (using chmod).

This patch fixes it, so please now pull the latest changes in your local git clone. See:

5573dcd103

Cheers!

You're very welcome