On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 08:32:36PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Why? Seriously, it isn't needed. Just group 'staff'.
I'll admit I didn't take the time to look into the rather extensive /etc/group in debian. Thanks for that, and your other info on groups. Given the wealth of packages in debian, I couldn't tell you the last time I built something from source if my life depended on it. > The problem with that is that a mistake (or nefarious intent) in a > Makefile can cause the build to crawl out of the build directory and > into the rest of the system. Sure it would be a bug. Sure it would > be addressed in a different version. But there is no safety net. > Once tripped over then the damage to your system is already done. Yeah, I thought there would be good arguments against doing it that way, and that's a good one. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn..net gpg public key: http://www.gregn..net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130920030636.ga13...@gregn.net
