Bug#1002626: debian-policy: building packages should not require to be root
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On 2021-12-25 14:55:37 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat 25 Dec 2021 at 10:38PM +01, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>
> > Package: debian-policy
> > Version: 4.6.0.1
> > Severity: important
> >
> > Building packages should not require to be root.
> >
> > I don't know what's going on, but see
> >
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002497#31
>
> It looks like the issue has been fixed over there.
Not currently available, but anyway this doesn't answer the issue with
other possible packages where this would not be fixed. This was mainly
about the bug severity.
IMHO, a failure to build a package as a normal user should be regarded
as a RC bug (Scott Kitterman said "Certainly not a serious bug. [...]
Don't upgrade the severity again. If you think this is such a big
deal, go get something in Debian policy.").
In particular, all packages in stable should be buildable as a normal
user (in particular to lower the risk of breaking the system in case
of a bug somewhere in the build system).
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