Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu> [2002-12-13 21:05:46 +0000]: > I see. But in that case the error message does seem rather misleading. > Why does it complain about not being able to make directories if it is > not trying to make them? (I haven't examined the internals of rpm). Since it is not a message that anyone working on the code normally ever sees. Therefore there is no itch to scratch and no one has fixed it yet. > I would have thought the only way there might be problems would be if > multiple users were to try to build rpms (as user) in /usr/src/rpm, > and then only if they were trying to build the same package. There > would then be problems with files with different permissions colliding > with each other. Is this correct? Yes, you have it right. But for a user to be able to make files in /usr/src they need to have added themself to the 'src' group. Many do. Many don't. In any case it is one more thing to need to remember. I prefer to work in my home directory. > I recently ran into this problem with kernel building, and I'm now > using /usr/local/src/login-name as a build area for packages (eg > kernel) that I am building myself on a multiuser system. I prefer > this to /home/replay-with-your-login-name-here/src/ Very good! Bob
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