Matthew Burgess wrote these words on 08/09/07 05:28 CST: > Well, the reason for the removal of the /tmp dir is that one of the tests > does a recursive delete on the /tmp directory. This means that if /tmp is > empty (which it normally is during a build of Python early on in a BLFS > build), the directory itself will be removed. My workaround was to simply > `touch /tmp/dummy' prior to the Python testsuite run and `rm /tmp/dummy' > immediately afterwards. As you point out, Randy, BLFS already warns folks > not to compile/test stuff as root, so whether or not the workaround is > suitable for the book instructions is up to you.
This seems like a good idea, just from the precautionary standpoint. How does this sound for the book in the command explanation section: "For those of you that don't bother to follow the book's instructions and build/test packages as the root user, we've included some safeguard commands." Just kidding, Matt. :-) Thanks for the tip. -- 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] 06:07:00 up 7 days, 5:58, 1 user, load average: 0.14, 0.05, 0.01 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
