Okay okay... I need to run a script with root via

run_shell_command

.. it is to build a c library with ninja and link it with ldconfig. If I have

system_binary(
    name="git",
    binary_name="git",
    fingerprint_args=["version"],
)

adhoc_tool(
    name = "meson",
    runnable=".build/requirements:reqs-libcamera#meson",
)

run_shell_command(
    name="libcamera",
    command="./libcamera.sh",
    runnable_dependencies=[".build/requirements:reqs-libcamera#meson", ":git"]
)

shell_sources(name="shell-scripts")

Where libcamera.sh is

#!/usr/bin/env bash

rm -rf .lc_build_temp

mkdir -p .lc_build_temp
cd .lc_build_temp \
    && git clone <https://github.com/bloop/libcamera.git> \
    && cd libcamera \
    && git checkout v0.0.4 \
    && meson setup build \
    && ninja -C build
cd .lc_build_temp/libcamera && sudo ninja -C build install
sudo ldconfig || echo "Finished ldconfig"

rm -rf .lc_build_temp

It totally works up until it needs a sudo password 🤔 Anyway to have it ask me?

If you

man sudo

and read up on

-A

- that's the core of your issue.

Yeahhhhhh I assumed =(