[MPlayer-users] [OT] non-root RPM building on RedHat

[Dominik Mierzejewski]

On Saturday, 10 August 2002, Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > Properly configured rpm doesn't need access to that dir. That's
> > equivalent
> > to my saying that RH's rpm isn't well configured by default.
> > See rpm-list archives for examples of non-root build rpm setup.
> It installs the sources in /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/package.
> The bz2 archives are stored in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES.

Geez, I know that. I just said RH's rpm is not configured for non-root
building by default. I know it can be configured so (I have such config)
and I think it should be by default, but I'm too lazy to file a RFE
in bugzilla.

BTW: this is pretty OT on this list, so reply off-list if you wish
to continue this discussion.

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