Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > For many reasons, including security, I would never build an RPM as > root. Something as simple as a mistake in setting buildroot, or a > makefile that does not follow %prefix correctly when installing, can > mess up the build system when you build as root. But when you build > as a user, and use buildroot, you get all the files in the proper > directories relative to buildroot, and they are packaged correctly. > You control the final ownership and permission in the spec file, so > they do not have to match what is in the buildroot tree. > > I would be very surprised if many experienced Linux/UNIX programmers > compile programs, or build RPM's as root. It is not a good practice > to get into. If they did compile or build RPM's as root then they aren't experienced. :-)
