Debian Developers - Bug#395262: "Arch: all" package FTBFS due to test needing network access

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Bug#395262: "Arch: all" package FTBFS due to test needing network access - R

Sven Luther

2006-11-02, 7:21 am

On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:53:32PM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote:
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> [Goswin von Brederlow]
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> Your unspoken premise is that there is a _reason_ to support building
> packages as root. Why? I think it is better just to tell people not
> to do that.

Do some arch not have trouble with fakeroot, and need sudo to work ? This
means you need to be able to build packages as real root, no ? Or was this
fixed lately ? I think mips/mipsel, and some other arch where concerned.

Friendly,

Sven Luther

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