On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:32:43AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Guy Dalziel wrote: > > > Can anyone recall why we don't build as root in the first place? As far > > as my memory serves me, it's to do with how the permissions are set > > during compiling. > > It's for general protection against typos that can ruin your whole day.
Well there is that, but I thought there was a reason beyond that. You're right, though: I once wiped out my entire website that way, and I had to recode the entire thing from scratch. I can see the sense in proposing 'sudo' as a solution as I've previously used 'su -c' before and put my password in for every loop, but most of the time I just build it as root. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
