From: Barney Desmond (barneydesmondgmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 02 2009 - 08:38:15 CDT

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2009/6/2 Kaj Niemi <kajtzubasen.net>:
> <offtopic>
> Please consider compiling and building packages as a non-privileged user
> rather than as root. It will save you a lot of headache especially if
> something unexpected happens (install script screws up on directory where
> it's supposed to install). Using another directory structure, for example
> below your home dir (or anywhere else for that matter) is easy and you can
> set the directories in your .rpmrc and .rpmmacros files in your own home
> directory.
>
> For repeatable, consistent and auditable builds consider using mock or
> another tool which creates a dedicated build environment every time you
> build a package with a build environment that is "known good"
> </offtopic>

Doing things safely to avoid shooting yourself in the foot is left as
an exercise for the reader :)
(yeah, this was an expendable system that was ideal for demonstration)

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