On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 01:37:53PM +0100, Ansgar wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.5.1.0 > Severity: normal > > After a discussion in #-devel today I reviewed packages using other > choices of "Rules-Requires-Root" than "no" and "binary-targets". The > query [1] found two uses: > > - wfrench 1.2.6-1. This could just use "no"; a bug was filed[2]. > > - libcap2 1:2.44-1. Uses it for running tests as root, but doesn't support > fakeroot anyway. Rules-Requires-Root can't however communicate this so > additional knowledge is needed. > > The complexity to support arbitrary additional keywords as choices of > R³ seems overkill given there is just one real user (libcap2) and the > current R³ specification doesn't handle that usecase fully either. > > Therefore I suggest to deprecate using R³ values other than "no" and > "binary-targets" within Debian.
What about 'Rules-Requires-Root: yes' ? Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.