[arch-general] makepkg running as root

[Jan de Groot]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: arch-general-bounces at archlinux.org [mailto:arch-general-
> bounces at archlinux.org] Namens Thomas Bächler
> Verzonden: dinsdag 22 januari 2008 12:12
> Aan: General Discusson about Arch Linux
> Onderwerp: Re: [arch-general] makepkg running as root
> 
> Colin Pitrat schrieb:
> > Here is a proof that I was right to believe. On Ubuntu:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4fzInlyYQo
> >
> > Regards,
> > Colin Pitrat
> 
> It's a recent change in coreutils 6. 'Cannot remove root directory /'.

It's a quite stupid protection to do in coreutils. On FreeBSD, the /
directory has a flag so that you can't change or delete the / itself. They
also do this on special system files that shouldn't be overwritten (that's
why you can't tar up a FreeBSD system and unpack it on a random other box).