On Tue, 8 May 2007 16:11:54 -0400, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Tue, 08 May 2007 12:47:28 -0500 > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, 8 May 2007 16:10:29 +0200, Raffaele Morelli >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> > That's ok, I follow the general (healthy) rule and do not log as >> > root if unnecessary, but for kernel (and program) compile I can not >> > picture 'make-kpkg' or 'configure && make' doing something >> > regrettable. >> >> Thanks for the vote of confidence, but you know, you should not have >> to do this. make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot kernel_image should work >> perfectly well. > When I'm not being lazy, I often do it that way, largely because you > suggest it in the docs. >> From /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz: > With the addition of fakeroot ( a really nice program, I recommend > it). Steps 1 to 4 can be carried out as a non root user. Step 5 does > require root privileges. Hmm. I should amend that to say: Step 5 does require (fake)root privileges. I did not mean it to be a suggestion; I only meant it was possible. Which it is. manoj -- Youth is such a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. George Bernard Shaw Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]