Re: Building from tar ball without a version string?

[Igor Jagec <igorm5 vip hr>]

Tim Mooney wrote:

> I very much recommend you don't build as root, if you can at all avoid it.
> Either build as your normal user, or create a special account (or role) for
> package building.

How can we enable our system to build rpm packages as root? I found some
rpm macro on the internet:

http://users.tkk.fi/~tkarvine/rpm-build-as-user.html

I've never tried it myself thoe. Is it possible to make only one user
(instead of all normal users) who will have permissions for building
rpms? What are advantages of that approach? Potentially security issues?

Thanks. Cheers!

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Igor Jagec