On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Sebastian Nowicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
You do realize this is the *exact* same thing as running as root, which is what this option was meant to notify you about and scare you away from? -Dan _______________________________________________ pacman-dev mailing list pacman-dev@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pacman-dev
