On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 20:42, Chris Waters wrote:
> The argument against this is that the majority of package currently
> DO require root (or fakeroot, dh_testroot can't tell the difference).
> Nor does policy *FORBID* this -- it may not MANDATE it, but it doesn't
> forbid it, and we don't change p
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:53:00PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> My personal opinion (subject to change with good arguments against it,
> of course) is that clean must not require root unless another target has
> been invoked as root.
The argument against this is that the majority of package
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:53:25AM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> > Having to invent a method of telling the rules file it's running under
> > fakeroot rather than real root is equally annoying. (Right back atcha!)
>
> I don't get it. Why would you need that? All that's needed is to
> _not_ pu
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:19:08PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> Having to invent a method of telling the rules file it's running under
> fakeroot rather than real root is equally annoying. (Right back atcha!)
I don't get it. Why would you need that? All that's needed is to
_not_ put dh_testroot i
On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 06:55, Josip Rodin wrote:
> Since the binary target is invoked as root (be it fakeroot or su or
> whatever, it doesn't matter), and the clean rule needs to clean out the
> debian/tmp or equivalent directories, it needs root as well.
Not with fakeroot:
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:37:25PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> > Since the binary target is invoked as root (be it fakeroot or su or
> > whatever, it doesn't matter), and the clean rule needs to clean out the
> > debian/tmp or equivalent directories, it needs root as well.
>
> Nope, if the bi
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 12:55:41PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> Since the binary target is invoked as root (be it fakeroot or su or
> whatever, it doesn't matter), and the clean rule needs to clean out the
> debian/tmp or equivalent directories, it needs root as well.
Nope, if the binary target was
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On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:53:00PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> Must clean be invoked as root?
>
> Packages putting dh_testroot in the clean target assert so; current
> policy isn't so clear.
>
> My personal opinion (subject to change with good arguments against it,
> of course) is th
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