F-10 mock can't build rawhide packages

Tom Lane tgl at redhat.com
Thu Mar 5 07:10:37 UTC 2009


Lucian Langa <cooly at gnome.eu.org> writes:
> You could try to run mock as an unprivileged user that is part of the
> mock group. I was having the same issues when running mock as root user,
> but it works once I run it with normal user.

Well, building packages as root is bad form anyway.  Aside from any
security hazards you might be exposing yourself to, I know of packages
that flat out won't build as root (their embedded self-tests reject the
case).

			regards, tom lane




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