[CentOS] RPM build environment -- was: query on sendmail issues

Akemi Yagi amyagi at gmail.com
Thu Jul 12 22:57:01 UTC 2007


On 7/12/07, R P Herrold <herrold at owlriver.com> wrote:
>
> Building as root is not sensible, as packages can 'leak' and
> pollute the host environment -- see:
>         http://www.oldrpm.org/hintskinks/buildtree/
> for setting up a non-root building environment.
>
> We discuss it in a CentOS context here:
>         http://www.owlriver.com/tips/non-root/
>         http://www.owlriver.com/tips/patching_srpms/
>
> The Guru Labs tutorial material are linked, and a local copy
> also maintained at:
>         http://www.oldrpm.org/howto/
>
> which are also well thought of by me.

> -- Russ Herrold

It will be great if all of these are put together as a CentOS wiki
article. [hint, hint]

Akemi



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