Re: pre-built pwc modules for official debian kernel

[Eric Lavarde <Eric.Lavarde@bawue.de>]

Hi,

For different reasons:
1. I always learnt: thou shall never compile anything as root! (it's 
like faith, you don't discuss something like this ;-) ).
2. from /usr/src/linux/README, the voice of the masters:

   To do the actual install you have to be root, but none of the normal
   build should require that. Don't take the name of root in vain.

3. make-kpkg strongly suggests the usage of fakeroot. Why then?

Cheers, Eric

Victor Seva wrote:
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> Eric Lavarde wrote:
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> > Nevertheless, if I try to compile pwc as non-root (how it should be, in
> > my understanding), I get the following error:
> >
> > ericl@zorglub:/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.10-1-k7$ fakeroot make-kpkg
> > --added_modules pwc-source modules_image
> > # work around idiocy in recent kernel versions
> > test ! -e scripts/package/builddeb || \
> >            mv -f scripts/package/builddeb scripts/package/builddeb.dist
> > test ! -e scripts/package/Makefile || \
> >            (mv -f scripts/package/Makefile
> > scripts/package/Makefile.dist && \
> >               (echo "# Dummy file "; echo "help:") >
> > scripts/package/Makefile)
> > mv: cannot move `scripts/package/Makefile' to
> > `scripts/package/Makefile.dist': Permission denied
> > make: *** [stamp-debian] Error 1
> >
> > So, did I misunderstood something, or is someone/something else the
> > culprit here?
>
>
> Compiling the kernel or modules as non-root?? why? This work is for the admin... so root is the
> right user to use.
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