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Hi! |
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Recently, I have again bumped into the question whether one |
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should compile the kernel as root. One of the things that puzzles |
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me is why almost every HowTo, blog post and book recommends |
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building as non-root -- yet basically no distribution /helps/ the |
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user with doing that. |
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I've discussed this with a few people on #gentoo-dev and they've |
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provided valuable insight (thanks AxS, Chainsaw and WilliamH), so |
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I have gathered the results so far here: |
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http://blog.i-no.de/archives/2012/07/index.html#e2012-07-04T19_28_32.txt |
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Feel free to comment (ideally here). Note that I'm aiming for a |
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solution that is not (overly) Gentoo-specific. |
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Thanks, |
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Tobias (aka Blackb|rd on Freenode) |
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Sent from aboard the Culture ship |
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GSV Just Read The Instructions |
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