[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote these words on 08/08/07 23:50 CST: > I've noticed that the Python test suite removes the /tmp directory when > "make test" is run as root.
It seems someone else mentioned this a while back. I can't remember what we decided to do. > Running the tests as an unprivileged user circumvents this. One should *never* run a package test suite as the root user. In fact, one should *never* run any command as the root user if he is not 100% confident what the result will be. > Maybe it would be good to put a warning in the book? Why? We already say to build and test the packages as an unprivileged user and only become 'root' for the installation tasks (which are individually identified). I look at it like this: We already say "don't do that". Should we place a warning in the book to say "We really mean it, don't do that!"? :-) -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.26] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 04:35:00 up 7 days, 4:26, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.01, 0.00 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
