Re: Bug#178251: slang: don't do a dh_testroot in clean
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:53:25AM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> > Having to invent a method of telling the rules file it's running under
> > fakeroot rather than real root is equally annoying. (Right back atcha!)
>
> I don't get it. Why would you need that? All that's needed is to
> _not_ put dh_testroot in the clean target. It serves no purpose.
> If you need root to clean then you'll know soon enough.
By the same measure, the dh_testroot in the binary rule would serve no
purpose either, you'd find out it went wrong soon enough.
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