Re: does grab_paths need root?
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 06:46:09PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> I don't know, that's quite a conundrum.
apt-get install dict
Ah.
> I would think that it should not be required to download as root. We
> should be creating those download directories as a user rather than
> root. YOu are the only one hitting this problem because I guess m68k
> is the only (?) arch downloading stuff in release.sh (?).
Yes, I think so. And only because I removed a hack and implemented it nicely
:-(
> Anyhow, that would be the proper fix ... Allow user to download.
Make it so! But is it worth it spending lots of time on it with the
boot-floppies retiring soon? I wont do it in 5 minutes (and I can live with
building as root. Had to start again, my machine crashed...).
If I wanted some big improvement, it would be building the docs. That part
uses most of the building time here.
Christian
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