Jeremy Henty wrote: > Maybe I'm missimg something but I don't see why we need to chown > $LFS/sources. It's already world-writable (and sticky) so there's no > problem with the lfs user unpacking stuff there. What will go wrong > if do chapter 5 with $LFS/sources owned by root?
If another user adds a file or expands a tarball, then the lfs user can't delete them because of the sticky bit. It could be worked around, but its just smoother if the lfs user owns everything. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
