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

[Nathan Whitehorn]

With both mkimg and makefs in the tree now, there should be almost no 
need for md devices for image generation anymore.
-Nathan

On 04/30/14 18:55, Tom Everett wrote:
> My recollection is that it needs root to create the md devices.
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> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Winston Smith
> <smith.winston.101 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> 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!
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>> Does it work if you're root?
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