Re: What to do if $PACKAGE needs $ACCOUNT to _build_
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 09:37:10AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:01:07 -0400, Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
> wrote:
> >In either case, just disable whatever code is doing this.
>
> It is acceptable to add code testing for account presence and not
> chowning if the account is not present? That way, I would be able to
> give back patches to upstream.
That'll make the package build differently depending on whether it's
already installed or not. I'm inclined to think that this is a bad idea.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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