On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:25:14 -0500 "Dan McGee" <dpmcgee@gmail.com> wrote:
So when this patch first got sent, I saw it as something that was just provided to the list for convenience, not really a candidate for merging. Do you guys think this should make it into makepkg? I'm not against removing options from makepkg, I just hadn't heard too many complaints about this option after we added it and people got used to it.
Well, my opinion is that makepkg shouldn't hinder an admin user any more than say `rm -r /*` or other similar wonderfully destructive commands. Besides, --asroot is yet another flag, adds more code and complexity, and can hinder root users from even doing small non-build tasks. I use makepkg as another user most of the time, but I'll use it as root every once in awhile and I found --asroot to be a bit annoying. Warnings are nice, but when you start to block functionality it really becomes a babysitting feature.