Hello Bill, On 2021-12-25 22:58:25 +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 10:38:47PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > Building packages should not require to be root. > > Hello Vincent! > > Currently, packages are allowed to require root to build. > See Rules-Requires-Root for more detail.
No, this is not what the Rules-Requires-Root documentation says. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#debian-rules-and-rules-requires-root says: Depending on the value of the Rules-Requires-Root field, the package builder (e.g. dpkg-buildpackage) may run the debian/rules target as an unprivileged user and provide a gain root command. This command allows the debian/rules target to run particular subcommands under (fake)root. When a package is built as a normal user, Rules-Requires-Root assumes that using fakeroot would be fine. Here, the build via "debuild" is failing even when fakeroot is available (installed on the machine). Note that Rules-Requires-Root has been set to "no". IMHO, the policy should say that when Rules-Requires-Root is set to "no", being root or using fakeroot should not be required. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
