From e4c752d39404a0c0c7be35d3f42049cad9b8260c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MilhouseVH <milhouseVH.github@nmacleod.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:40:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] config/options: check if the effective uid is root (and bail
 if so)

---
 config/options | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config/options b/config/options
index 99bc5c01da..e6676071bd 100644
--- a/config/options
+++ b/config/options
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Do not build as root. Ever.
+if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Building as the root user is NOT supported. Use a regular user account for the build." 1>&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # set default language for buildsystem
   export LC_ALL=C