On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:57:13 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 12:41:58PM +0100, RAT wrote: > > > A few key tips: > > > - don't build as root -- set up the ~/rpmbuild thing instead > > Why is it so? What's wrong about building rpms as root? > > Because as root, a mistake in your specfile could hork your whole system. Not just a mistake in the spec file, but also mistakes or unexpected behaviour in "configure" scripts and generated Makefiles.
