Re: xwatch package done
Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:
> It's too bad we need root access just to build a package. Otherwise I
> could build on master or something (I don't really what version it runs).
> I've never looked at why we need root to make packages. Why is that
> anyway?
It's because you have to "chown" stuff to root. But, you don't have to be
root any more to do that - check out the "fakeroot" and "libtricks"
packages.
Later,
Dale
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