Subject: Re: pkgsrc as non-root?
To: None <tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>
From: Soren Jacobsen <snj@pobox.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/27/2003 22:55:55
On 09/27 21:22, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> BINOWN=reed
> BINGRP=users
> ROOT_USER=reed
> ROOT_GROUP=users
> SHAREOWN=reed
> SHAREGRP=users
> CHOWN=true
> CHGRP=true
Ah hah! Much better than my idea. But we still have to hope that the
package respects those variables. I wouldn't put much faith in that,
seeing as most packages are tested in situations that wouldn't trigger
those sort of bugs.
Who's up for an unpriveleged bulk build? :)