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Source: debhelper
Version: 11
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Since my understanding is that the vast majority of Debian packages
should not require root to build, I am hesitant to add the boilerplate
"Rules-Require-Root: no" to all of my packages.
Could we please have "Rules-Require-Root: no" be set by default in a
future debhelper compat level?
See the discussion in this thread:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/11/msg00015.html
Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha
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On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:11:00 +0000 Niels Thykier <[email protected]> wrote:
> Control: tags -1 wontfix
>
> [...]
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> In the thread that you referenced, I received the same request and
> answered it in https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/11/msg00020.html.
>
> Basically:
>
> * Rules-Requires-Root is primarily an interface between the
> builder (usually via dpkg-buildpackage) and debian/rules.
> - debhelper just implements some changes to make migration extremely
> trivial for debhelper packages.
>
> * The interface requires that the builder (dpkg-buildpackage) does not
> call "debian/rules binary*" with (fake)root. As it is, debhelper is
> on the wrong side of debian/rules to influence this in any way.
>
> * The debian/compat file is a interface between the packager and
> debhelper. It is not an interface between the builder and
> debian/rules. Accordingly, dpkg-buildpackage fully ignores the
> file and has no intention to look at it at all.
>
> In summary: The debhelper fundamentally cannot affect whether
> Rules-Requires-Root: no is default or not. The debhelper compat level
> system is the wrong interface to do this as well.
>
> That said, in a distant future, I hope we can flip the default of
> Rules-Requires-Root. But when that comes, it will not be via a
> debhelper compat level AFAICT.
>
> Thanks,
> ~Niels
>
>
Hi,
I have decided to close this to clean up the bug tracker and I believe
the dust has settled on this request.
~Niels
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