Replying to myself... --- Jane Dogalt <jdogalt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --- Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote > > > We could really use it (: I need to have a tree handed off by > > tomorrow in > > order to meet the Tuesday release deadline. > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/7/Test1TreeTesting > > > > Start there and let us know! > > Ok, asside from the 'building iso sets' as '(todo)', which will no > doubt be done soon, I would like to pose this build question (I'll > subscribe to buildsys soon, I promise). > > What part of the iso 'spin' process requires root, and why? I've > skimmed enough mock docs to see that mock even has a root setuid > hook. > >From a 'philosophical' point of view, it seems like root really > ought > not be needed by a program which inputs the development repo over the > net, and outputs iso images. > Ok, google://"mock setuid" yields a fair answer... http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-buildsys-list@xxxxxxxxxx/msg00563.html I guess I should go read the rest of that thread to figure out where the work remains to get a pungi/mock build that doesn't require any root priveleges... > I am very serious about working to bring about a non-root > 'spin'(/strain in my vernacular) process. qemu is what I'm working > with now to accomplish this, and the performance is definitely > adequate > for the hobbyist distro builder. But of course qemu ought not be > necessary to accomplish this, unless I'm missing something. > > I'd appreciate any commentary or pointers to relevent historical > threads. > > -dmc/jdog > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
