Re: linux-2.6.14.tar.bz2 permissions

[Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

On 11/27/05, David Brown <dmlb2000@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It certainly is not an excuse, but at least it my explain why nobody
> > noticed it before you :-)
>
> Thanks for the info and suggestions ;)
> I trust Linus enough to compile a kernel as root... but maybe that's just me ;)

Well, Linus makes mistakes like everyone else. Besides, he himself
also recommends that people build kernels as non-root :

"I would suggest that people who compile new kernels should:
...
 - compile the kernel in their own home directory, as their very own
   selves. No need to be root to compile the kernel. You need to be root
   to _install_ the kernel, but that's different. "

see http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0007.3/0587.html for the
source of that quote.


> (or maybe I trust that I can fix anything that can fsck up my system
> even with root perms ;))
>
> I agree compiling the kernel as a non-root user is perfered but
> sometimes it doesn't happen that way...
>
> - David Brown


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