Re: compiling problem

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: tzacos <tzacos(at)free(dot)fr>
Cc: pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: compiling problem
Date: 2005-08-31 02:56:31
Message-ID: 26909.1125456991@sss.pgh.pa.us
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tzacos <tzacos(at)free(dot)fr> writes:
> Tom Lane a crit :
>> Don't do it as root. There's seldom any good reason to run software
>> builds as root.

> the problem is that you can use rpm without being root

[ I suppose you meant "can't" ] Sure you can --- use rpmbuild anyway.

Actually installing the RPM after you built it needs root, for obvious
reasons, but there's no reason to do the build process as root. I can
assure you that no one within Red Hat ever runs rpmbuild as root.

The done thing is to create a personal ~/rpmwork directory, with
subdirectories BUILD RPMS SOURCES SPECS and SRPMS, then create a
~/.rpmmacros file containing

%_topdir /home/..you../rpmwork

Then you build an SRPM by putting it in ~/rpmwork/SRPMS and running
rpmbuild there. This results in RPMS under ~/rpmwork/RPMS, which
you can install via "sudo rpm -i ...". But you don't do the actual
build as root, because that violates the ancient safety principle of
doing as little as possible as root.

regards, tom lane

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