On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 06:18:38PM -0400, Baho Utot wrote: > On 07/11/2012 01:54 AM, Guy Dalziel wrote: > > [putolin] > > > Can anyone recall why we don't build as root in the first place? > > That's a good way to trash your system.
As discussed before, I'm well aware of that; I was looking for an explanation beyond the obvious. I'm still convinced that compiling as root has issues with permissions of the compiled files. I'd also like to point out that a user can screw up their system just as quickly with 'sudo'; one can't protect the user completely from their own mistakes. The reason I agreed with the use of 'sudo' is because the potential for something to go wrong increases with the amount of commands one uses. My loop, however, doesn't really contain anything that could ruin the system. I leave out the 'rm -rf $packagedir' line and just bulk remove them when I'm done. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
