Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 19:12:45 -0700 (PDT) From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) To: jb@cimlogic.com.au Cc: paulz@trantor.stuyts.nl, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make buildworld needs root privs , why ? Message-ID: <199806260212.TAA23754@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199806252339.JAA07633@cimlogic.com.au> (message from John Birrell on Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:39:09 %2B1000 (EST))
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* > Shouldn't it be possible to builworld as a non-priviliged user and only * > make installworld as root ??? It should, IMO. * 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? Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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