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Re: May a package assume that builds are performed with root-like rights?



Hi,

Frank Küster wrote:

In short: May a package assume that package builds are performed with
root-like rights, and thus use non-world-writable directories for
caching purposes?

Absolutely not. The only assumption you may make is that the binary* targets are called in a way that allows chown and chmod to work and be persistent enough to remain in effect until the target exits.

   Simon

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