Re: error: can't unlink opt-RPMDELETE: directory

[kbk shore net (Kurt B. Kaiser)]

rodrigob@tisbrasil.com.br (Rodrigo Barbosa) writes:

> On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 10:42:15AM -0600, Andrew Chapman wrote:
> > One quick question, I work on libraries, I am not a system 
> > administrator, so I do not have root permission. I build the 
> > rpm file in a 'non-root' account. Is this bad practice, should 
> > I build as root?
> 
> Actualy, as far as I'm concerned, this is The Right Thing(tm) to do.
> The building process can screw up your system badly very easily, whenever
> you do some minor mistake on the specfile.

Isn't it so that the install process, which must run as root, can also
(heavily) damage a system with a small error in %pre or %post, etc. ?

KBK