On 9/24/05, randhir phagura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is it required that building of a package be done as an unprevilged > user? In straight BLFS (without hints), it strictly isn't - it's mostly a matter of you don't *need* to be root to build it, and it is therefore good practice not to be. But I think that David was talking specifically about the package user hint - following that hint, you build *and install* every package as non-root - more importantly, you build and install each package as a different non-root user. The main reason for this is that it provides a form of package management (via the ownership of the installed files).
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