Bug#835451: debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged

2017-08-06 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 03:42:34PM -0400, Sean Whitton wrote: > On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 03:43:56PM +, Mike Gabriel wrote: > > I am not saying that the build target must not be empty. I can be empty but > > the build-a ... build-n dependecies have to be moved away from the binary > > target and

Bug#835451: debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged

2017-08-03 Thread Mike Gabriel
Hi Sean, On Do 03 Aug 2017 17:35:59 CEST, Sean Whitton wrote: control: tag -1 +patch Hello Santiago, Mike, On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 07:15:28PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: Yes, indeed! Great, I'm happy we figured that out. I believe that my previous patch does indeed answer the concern

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2017-08-03 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 +patch Bug #835451 [debian-policy] debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged Added tag(s) patch. -- 835451: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=835451 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#835451: debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged

2017-08-03 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 +patch Hello Santiago, Mike, On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 07:15:28PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > Yes, indeed! Great, I'm happy we figured that out. I believe that my previous patch does indeed answer the concern you've raised. So once again, I'm seeking seconds for that patch.

Bug#835451: debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged

2017-08-02 Thread Mike Gabriel
Hi Santiago, On Mi 02 Aug 2017 19:15:28 CEST, Santiago Vila wrote: On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 10:52:59AM -0400, Sean Whitton wrote: control: tag -1 -patch Hello again Santiago, Some of us here at DebCamp have been reading your message and we're still not sure of your intention. On Thu, Aug

Bug#835451: debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged

2017-08-02 Thread Santiago Vila
On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 10:52:59AM -0400, Sean Whitton wrote: > control: tag -1 -patch > > Hello again Santiago, > > Some of us here at DebCamp have been reading your message and we're > still not sure of your intention. > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 09:41:26PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > >

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2017-08-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 -patch Bug #835451 [debian-policy] debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged Removed tag(s) patch. -- 835451: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=835451 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#835451: debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged

2017-08-02 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 -patch Hello again Santiago, Some of us here at DebCamp have been reading your message and we're still not sure of your intention. On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 09:41:26PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > Debian Policy 4.9 says: > > For some packages, notably ones where the same source

Bug#835451: debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged

2017-08-02 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 +patch Hello Santiago, On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 09:41:26PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > We should better avoid building packages as root (including fakeroot). > > Otherwise we will find nasty surprises like the libtool Bug #806654, > where a badly written debian/rules made the

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2017-08-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 +patch Bug #835451 [debian-policy] debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged Added tag(s) patch. -- 835451: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=835451 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#835451: debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged

2016-08-25 Thread Santiago Vila
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.8 Greetings. Debian Policy 4.9 says: For some packages, notably ones where the same source tree is compiled in different ways to produce two binary packages, the build target does not make much sense. For these packages it is good enough to provide two