[plug] Re: Building RPMS

[John Summerfield]

> 
> So basiclly as I see it we've said.
> 
> Building RPMS, SHOULDn't install files/update a running system BUT does, when
> things havn't been donr properly.  RedHat even break the rules.
> 
> Before BUILDIng RPMS the sources, makefiles, patches and .spec file(s) should
> be checked, for security / system confilct issues.

I say;
Do not build RPMs as root.
If you're sufficiently concerned, create a separate account for building 
RPMs.


wrt that particular RPM, I really don't know just what was going on; it 
actually required one of the tetex rpms; identify and install that and 
that problem went away. This particular software could well do something 
silly in the .deb form too.
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