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Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_



Hi Marc!

You wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 15:11:59 -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> <shalehperry@attbi.com> wrote:
> >Well, you could do the chown at install time inside the postinst.  That should 
> >solve the problem nicely.
> 
> Which is what my package already does, but it does not even build with
> the account not present. I am very unsure about handling this.

So, fix the build system and send your changes upstream.

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