Most people who compile software do so as a normal user, not as root.
You can not expect every piece of software to explicitly state do not be
root.
It is not the developers who dictate who can compile software, it is
good form for them to make it so a normal user can compile software and
it is good practice to compile software as a normal user.
So it looks like you have beaten this issue to death and it comes down
to your opinion on how things should work. I would suggest e-mailing the
kernel developers with your concerns.
Until then, I like the fact that as a normal user I can simple extract
the tarball under my build location. Make changes and test the builds
with out having to be root.
I would consider your concerns made, so there is no further reason to
spam this list.
Michael
Hadmut Danisch wrote:
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 01:38:00PM -0500, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
Your logic is false here. If the kernel maintainers
and developers say don't compile as root and you
do it anyways, That's your choice.
Your assumption is false here. The kernel maintainers DO NOT say this:
Read the README file, it does not contain any statement that you do
not have to compile as root. They silently explain how to compile if
you are not root, but they don't tell not to be root.
But it is not the
same thing as running the kernel. You may disagree but
deliberately choosing not to follow the advice of
the maintainer of a software package does not logically
follow from your statement above.
Again: There is no such advice. The README just says
"To do the actual install you have to be root, but none of the normal
build should require that. "
So you don't need to be root in order to compile. But this is not an
advice to not be root.
And the README says:
bzip2 -dc linux-2.6.XX.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
There is not even the --no-same-permissions option mentioned.
Now if you want to talk about Samba.... :-)
Did not have any significant problem with samba so far...
regards
Hadmut
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