`eval' patch to dpkg-buildpackage

1996-09-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Please REVERSE the change you made to make the default rootcommand be `eval'. Please DO NOT ATTEMPT to make `su -c' work as a gain-root-command. It is IMPOSSIBLE to produce a correct implementation which works with both `su -c' and also with `really', `sudo', `super', &c. This is because `su -c'

Re: `eval' patch to dpkg-buildpackage

1996-09-27 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
Ian Jackson wrote: : Please REVERSE the change you made to make the default rootcommand be : `eval'. : Please DO NOT ATTEMPT to make `su -c' work as a gain-root-command. It : is IMPOSSIBLE to produce a correct implementation which works with : both `su -c' and also with `really', `sudo', `super',

Re: `eval' patch to dpkg-buildpackage

1996-09-27 Thread Guy Maor
On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > Ian Jackson wrote: > : Please REVERSE the change you made to make the default rootcommand be > : `eval'. Yes, please do, dpkg-buildpackage 1.4.0.1 is *BROKEN* for me as I can no longer use sudo to build my packages. > Just trying ... sudo can't c

Re: `eval' patch to dpkg-buildpackage

1996-09-30 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
Guy Maor wrote: : : On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: : : > Ian Jackson wrote: : > : Please REVERSE the change you made to make the default rootcommand be : > : `eval'. : : Yes, please do, dpkg-buildpackage 1.4.0.1 is *BROKEN* for me as I can : no longer use sudo to build my packag