Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alt

From: matt hull <mattmatteh@×××.com>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix-portage as root
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:43:12
Message-Id: 9E32D08A-48F0-4C54-94ED-EED685773984@mac.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix-portage as root by Michael Weiser
1 On Feb 27, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Michael Weiser wrote:
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3 > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 03:17:32PM -0600, matt hull wrote:
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5 >> i believe sandbox is broke on osx and is not used.
6 >
7 > That'd be a pity.
8 >
9 >> what reason would root be needed?
10 >
11 > For example, I use amanda for backup. amanda has daemons and uses suid
12 > programs. Therefore I need to install it in a system-wide fashion.
13 > fink
14 > does this by default.
15 >
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17 i think you can install as user, but run as root.
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21 > thanks, Michael
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Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix-portage as root Michael Weiser <michael@×××××××××××××××.net>