Bug#31052: base: Possible bug with dpkg-source and su

[Adam Di Carlo <apharris@burrito.onshore.com>]

  <shane@cm.nu> writes:
> I get a warning message when I use
> dpkg-source -x filename.dsc when I am suid root.  I'm not sure if
> this is a bug or simply a warning but thought I'd let you know.

If you do 'su -' instead of 'su' this goes away right?  I don't think
this is actually a bug since the warning is reasonable.  

In addition, generally one isn't extracting source as root (just as a
matter of 'minimal use of root') anyhow.

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