from the quill of Francis GALIEGUE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
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> "geoffrey lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> >
> > ?? but you erally don't needt o be root to build rpm packages.
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> You need if the package contains device nodes. You cannot create them
> as a user... This is only since 2.2 though, and I wonder why...
I still maintain that building device nodes is something that should be
done at %post time, not package building time. I have modified the
kernel RPM to work just this way and it seems fine. Of course I have
only ever Upgraded using one of those RPMs.
b.
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