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Re: [Monotone-devel] testsuite failed
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Rob Weir |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] testsuite failed |
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Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:19:23 +1100 |
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 05:06:37PM +0100, Wojciech Mi??kowski said
> Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
> >Just to reemphasize that, there have been many occasions where I've
> >seriously considered making GCC bomb out if run as root.
>
> I think it's nothing related to GCC ;). Yeah, I know that badly written
> Makefiles could make a mess in the system running as root, but in case
> we use it, it is harmless. We run make process in portage sandbox, which
> prevents writing outside building directory. There's also option to
> build as normal user, but it's just an option. We must consider all
> possibilities, and it should work in all cases.
Why is the default to run as root? That seems to be asking for trouble.
-rob
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