On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:21:43 -0000, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brian wrote: >> Please could someone spell out the reason for building software as an >> unprivileged user? This is recommended in the BLFS book and elsewhere >> (though not in LFS), but I can't find a full explanation. > <snip/> >> (The reason I'm asking, in case you're interested, is that I'm >> automating >> the build using a simple bash script for each package, and it would be >> simpler to run everything as root rather than having to add 'sudo' to my >> system, which is the only other way I can see of doing it.) >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brian >> > > Take a look at JHALFS - it is a bash script which reads "the book" (LFS, > BLFS, CLFS and HLFS) it extracts all the commands and builds makefiles > to automate the entire process. It requires sudo and, I think, jumps > back and forth between root and unprivileged user as needed by the > commands. Thanks for the suggestion. I might give JHALFS a go in the future, but for now I'll stick to my more laborious one-script-per-package method. (I can take a bit of pain with my software - I once "upgraded" to Windows ME.) -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
