Re: Makefile targets: tar & rpm pkgs, while using O=<dir> as non-root

From: Jan-Benedict Glaw
Date: Mon Dec 19 2005 - 17:34:06 EST


On Mon, 2005-12-19 14:12:27 -0800, Linda Walsh <lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ideally it would be good to be able to make an installable kernel
> package as a non-root user. The idea is to not need root-privs
> except to install, right? :-)

That's how it is ment to be. Actually, for in-tree builds, you get the
tarball without first becoming root. I'll fix that soon, as I find
some spare minute to hack it :)

MfG, JBG

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