> 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.
Yeah, sorry, I didn't mean to say that I ignored the warnings in the book about that. And I admit that I quite consciously built the package as the root user. I merely found it strange that a test suite would include a recursive rm for the /tmp directory. > 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!"? > > :-) >From that point of view, I agree. I just never expected someone to write a test that would remove /tmp, is all. _____________________________________________________________________ Der WEB.DE SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071&distributionid=000000000066 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
