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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: Ports behaviour?
From:       Jacob Meuser <jakemsr () clipper ! net>
Date:       2001-11-29 23:13:07
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 03:24:40PM -0700, Darren Spruell wrote:
> aaahh.... hold a sec.
> I feel like a should really understand this, but I don't.  Would anyone
> mind expounding?
> 
> QUOTE:
> 
> BTW, don't run ports build as root. configure sudo, set SUDO=sudo in
> /etc/mk.conf, and run things as joe-normal-user.
> 
> Why?  and what happens if this is not done?

Because the ports infrastructure does things like:
$(SUDO) $(MAKE_PROGRAM) $(INSTALL_TARGET)

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