From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 29 Sep 2001 05:42:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 29 Sep 2001 05:42:41 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:18443 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 29 Sep 2001 05:42:37 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:43:04 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Makefile gcc -o /dev/null: the dissapearing of /dev/null Message-ID: <20010929114304.A21440@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3BB57E77.4CDFF5D0@energymech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3BB57E77.4CDFF5D0@energymech.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22i X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2001-09-29 09:55:35 +0200, proton 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 -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481