does make buildworld/buildkernel require you to root

Bruce Cran bruce at cran.org.uk
Wed May 7 07:14:57 UTC 2008


Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
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> does make buildworld/buildkernel require you to root?  I know installX 
> does but build?

No, you can build kernel, world and ports as an ordinary user as long as 
permissions on the build directories are configured appropriately.

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Bruce


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