[Fedora-packaging] Re: Refining today's "don't touch system fs" guideline

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 10:33 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:25:36AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 09:33 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: 
> > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 06:06:11AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > > >  E.g. there exist packages, which want/need to be built "multi-staged",
> > > > with %build containing (often: temporary) installs to %{buildroot}.
> > > > In some (very rare) occasions, packages even require "building" inside
> > > > of %buildroot.
> > > 
> > > These are exactly the broken packages that I want to cater with the
> > > proposed changes!
> > There ain't anything broken with these packages ;)

Then I can't avoid replying a bit clearer:

* The issue you are trying to address is not related at all to our
original problem ("free of side-effects")

* Your proposal does not solve an actual technical problem, to the
contrary, it artificially introduces new ones.

Ralf