On 18/06/2008, at 11:00 PM, Loui wrote: > Well, my opinion is that makepkg shouldn't hinder an admin user any > more than say `rm -r /*` or other similar wonderfully destructive > commands. Besides, --asroot is yet another flag, adds more code and > complexity, and can hinder root users from even doing small non-build > tasks. I use makepkg as another user most of the time, but I'll use it > as root every once in awhile and I found --asroot to be a bit > annoying. > > Warnings are nice, but when you start to block functionality it really > becomes a babysitting feature.
+1 I never actually run makepkg as root (ie. logged in as root), but I do use sudo, and "sudo makepkg --asroot" is just stupid. _______________________________________________ pacman-dev mailing list [email protected] http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pacman-dev
