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Bug 320983 - Build the rpm in "make rpm" as non-root
Build the rpm in "make rpm" as non-root
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: dogtail
Classification: Deprecated
Component: Framework
CVS HEAD
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Dogtail Maintainers
Dogtail Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-11-08 16:00 UTC by Bastien Nocera
Modified: 2005-11-08 16:57 UTC
See Also:
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Attachments
dogtail-build-as-non-root.patch (1.14 KB, patch)
2005-11-08 16:00 UTC, Bastien Nocera 		committed Details | Review

Description Bastien Nocera 2005-11-08 16:00:11 UTC 
Crazy rpmrc and rpmmacros hacks to build in a subdirectory of our source tree,
instead of requiring a working sudo environment, or even root access.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2005-11-08 16:00:47 UTC 
Created attachment 54470 [details] [review]
dogtail-build-as-non-root.patch
Comment 2 Zack Cerza 2005-11-08 16:57:02 UTC 
Awesome. It was totally broken that we needed root access to build RPMs. Thanks!