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Re: Bug#178251: slang: don't do a dh_testroot in clean



Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl> writes:

> On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:10:58PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > Why? because they support building packages as root when 
> > dh_testroot can solve a lot of headache ?

Ye gods! Removing dh_testroot does not break the build-as-root case!

> What does dh_testroot solve in the clean target?  Seriously.
> I've never understood why people put it in.

It gives a slightly more understandable error message, that's all.

Personally, I think someone who is entitled to become root should be
able to figure out what he has to do on "Permission denied" errors.

-- 
Robbe

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