From 7e8c099387ffcdfbdc55e3ef550cf7e8ab0e848d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 16:30:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Print message when using polkit

---
 mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py
index d3b643767..b51a351ed 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_install.py
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ def do_install(log_dir, datafilename):
                 run_install_script(d)
         except PermissionError:
             if shutil.which('pkexec') is not None and 'PKEXEC_UID' not in os.environ:
+                print('Installation failed due to insufficient permissions.')
+                print('Attempting to use polkit to gain elevated privileges...')
                 os.execlp('pkexec', 'pkexec', sys.executable, main_file, *sys.argv[1:],
                           os.getcwd())
             else: