19 Jun
2008
19 Jun
'08
12:29 a.m.
On 18/06/2008, at 11:00 PM, Loui wrote:
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.
+1 I never actually run makepkg as root (ie. logged in as root), but I do use sudo, and "sudo makepkg --asroot" is just stupid.