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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 17:36:14 +0200
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, jb@cimlogic.com.au
Cc: paulz@trantor.stuyts.nl, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: make buildworld needs root privs , why ?
References: <199806252339.JAA07633@cimlogic.com.au> <199806260212.TAA23754@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Thu, Jun 25, 1998 at 07:12:45PM -0700, Satoshi Asami wrote:
>  * I assume that anyone building -current is actually going to _run_
>  * current, and since it requires root privileges to install, I don't
>  * think it is a big ask to expect root for the build too.
> 
> Um, that logic is flawed.  The whole point of the build/install-world
> split was to make sure people can build a -current world without
> actually having to commit to run it.  (Think NFS servers, etc.)
> 
> Didn't someone submit a patch to fix this very problem?  Bruce?

I had one, but I don't know if I can find it...

Eivind.

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