Building From SRPMs

[Jwp]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 5:29 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: Building From SRPMs
> 
> Am So, den 25.04.2004 schrieb Jwp um 00:11:
> 
> > Good day,
> > Got a quick question for you on building from an SRPM.
> > Should this be done as Root or a Regular user?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > JWP
> 
> Better rpmbuild as an unprivileged user. See i.e.
> http://freshrpms.net/docs/fight/
> 
> Alexander

Thanks Alexander,
But it begs the question, why is it that /usr/src/redhat/* are all owned by
root?  When building from an SRPM as an unprivileged user I do not have the
needed permissions to write to these locations.  

In the meantime I have made /usr/src/redhat/* world writeable and I am
building as a normal user.

Thanks,
JWP