On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:09:08 -0500 David Rosenstrauch <darose@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2/15/23 10:06 AM, Doug Newgard wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:02:48 -0500 > > David Rosenstrauch <darose@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On 2/14/23 8:59 PM, Polarian wrote: > >>> I do not want sudo on my system > >> > >> > >> IIRC, it is expected that Arch users have the base and base-devel > >> packages (and all their dependencies) installed. So by not doing that, > >> you're likely setting up your system in an unsupported configuration, > >> and will wind up having to deal with some weird and difficult to > >> diagnose problems down the road as a result. > >> > >> DR > > > > No, there is no expectation to have base-devel installed. It's expected for > > building packages, that's it. > > OK. But probably like 90+% of Arch users build packages, no? > > DR On that specific system? Without using a chroot/container? All official packages are built in a clean chroot/container, which means there's no need for base-devel on the host system. Either way, not having base-devel is most definitely NOT an unsupported configuration.
