On 02.Jan.2014, at 00:53, Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
I want to make sure that while compiling as root nothing will break down inside the machine.
I want to compile software on a Xeon SERVER. The basic issue is that there is a recommendation to not compile it as a root user.
Actually I would go even further and not recommend to have a compiler installed on a server.
I have compiled software as a root user more then once and I am not sure why would there is a need to run it as non-root user?
I have taken a look at the /proc/ FS but I do not see anything that can harm anything yet.
From my aspect it's just background of electricity noise.
An example:
imagine a Makefile with a clean target
$BUILDDIR=something clean: rm -rf $BUILDDIR/*
a bug in the configure script could lead to an empty $BUILDDIR in the Makefile. What do you think happens when you type
# make clean