Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:36:10 +0000 From: lemon <lemon+freebsd@zomo.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] portmaster with SU_CMD Message-ID: <473ACF9A.4060104@zomo.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20071114025039.7A6835DC5@gregtx.cliq.com> References: <20071114025039.7A6835DC5@gregtx.cliq.com>
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I doubt there's any need for more cautionary tales about the wisdom of building stuff as root(*), but I can't resist throwing this in as an example of an astounding build-time glitch with bad consequences if done as root: <http://use.perl.org/~Alias/journal/34680>; Sure: FreeBSD doesn't invoke 'make test', this is a silly error and I'd expect such things to be noticed by the port maintainer, but hey :-) regards, l. (*) FWIW: I agree with Greg, it's a matter of taste or principle. I bounce between either camp depending if it's in the lab or in production and some non-linear function of my current laziness.
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