Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive Makefile archive.h.in archive_entry.c archive_entry.h archive_entry_link_resolver.c archive_entry_private.h archive_entry_strmode.c archive_platform.h archive_read.c archive_read_support_compression_none.c archive_read_support_format_all.c ...

[M. Warner Losh]

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            Peter Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 08:33:52PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: >Any chance our 'install' tools can be made to copy the files w/o the
: >right permissions and 'log' the right stuff to an mtree formatted
: >file?  That would make building a distribution as a mere mortal
: >possible...
: 
: AFAIK, this is basically what NetBSD does.  I also like the idea
: of not needing root to build distributions.

That's where I got the idea...  I was hoping that someone would pick
the code/idea up from NetBSD since needing root to install FreeBSD
binaries to build a distribution is problematic on many settings.

Warner
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