On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:01:07 -0400, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:51:00PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> How am I supposed to handle this? Shall I change the build mechanisms >> so that the account is not needed at build time, shall I pester >> upstream to have that changed, or is there a workaround available? > >At _build_ time? This makes no sense to me. This would prevent anyone from >building the software as a user other than root. > >Or did you mean at install time?
I mean at install time, I got my terminology confused. debian/rules build works fine, fakeroto debian/rules install bombs if the account is not there. >In either case, just disable whatever code is doing this. It is acceptable to add code testing for account presence and not chowning if the account is not present? That way, I would be able to give back patches to upstream. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
