On 18/06/2008, at 11:40 PM, Dan McGee wrote: > 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
Yes, what I meant was that "sudo ... --asroot" is redundant. You are explicitly saying that you want to be root by using sudo, and on top of that you have to explicitly tell makepkg that you want to be root. _______________________________________________ pacman-dev mailing list pacman-dev@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pacman-dev
