From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Makefile gcc -o /dev/null: the dissapearing of /dev/null
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:43:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010929114304.A21440@lug-owl.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BB57E77.4CDFF5D0@energymech.net>
In-Reply-To: <3BB57E77.4CDFF5D0@energymech.net>
On Sat, 2001-09-29 09:55:35 +0200, proton <proton@energymech.net>
wrote in message <3BB57E77.4CDFF5D0@energymech.net>:
> Ofcourse, you cant unlink /dev/null unless you are root.
That's right and fine so far.
> In any case, the `gcc -o /dev/null' test cases probably
> need to go away.
No. Why? Well, the Linux kernel compiles just fine while
being an ordianary user. You don't have to be root to
compile it. As it's just bad to do usual *work* as root,
you're the bug.
* Don't *
* work *
* with *
* UID root *
* if *
* you *
* don't *
* need *
* to *
* ! ! ! *
MfG, JBG
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Jan-Benedict Glaw . jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-29 9:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-29 7:55 Makefile gcc -o /dev/null: the dissapearing of /dev/null proton
2001-09-29 9:43 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw [this message]
2001-09-29 13:10 ` Jim Treadway
2001-09-29 18:21 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2001-09-30 3:03 ` Jim Treadway
2001-10-01 14:46 ` Rob Landley
2001-09-29 18:36 ` J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
2001-09-30 14:24 ` Olaf Titz
2001-09-30 23:47 ` Jim Treadway
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