crochet - why does it (try to) change files in /usr/src?

[Tom Everett]

My recollection is that it needs root to create the md devices.



On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Winston Smith
<smith.winston.101 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen
> <torfinn.ingolfsen at getmail.no> wrote:
> > I'm (finally) trying crochet today. Ultimate goal is to try and build
> for Cubieboard, but I'm starting with something easy first - RaspberryPi.
> >
> > Question 1: it look to me like the script is trying to remove stuff
> (files) from /usr/src. Why is it doing that?
> >
> > Question 2: why does crochet need root?
> > - all prerequisites (that needs root) are already installed
> > - the script is installed in ~/work/crochet-freebsd and all building
> takes place there
> > so why does it need root?
>
> I think it's just the FreeBSD way!
>
> Does it work if you're root?
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