On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:25:14 -0500 "Dan McGee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So when this patch first got sent, I saw it as something that was just > provided to the list for convenience, not really a candidate for > merging. Do you guys think this should make it into makepkg? I'm not > against removing options from makepkg, I just hadn't heard too many > complaints about this option after we added it and people got used to > it. Well, my opinion is that makepkg shouldn't hinder an admin user any more than say `rm -r /*` or other similar wonderfully destructive commands. Besides, --asroot is yet another flag, adds more code and complexity, and can hinder root users from even doing small non-build tasks. I use makepkg as another user most of the time, but I'll use it as root every once in awhile and I found --asroot to be a bit annoying. Warnings are nice, but when you start to block functionality it really becomes a babysitting feature. _______________________________________________ pacman-dev mailing list pacman-dev@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pacman-dev
