Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: [Bug] 2.5.25 build as one user and install as root | Date | Sat, 06 Jul 2002 22:00:52 +1000 |
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On Sat, 06 Jul 2002 13:28:06 +0200, Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@oracle.com> wrote: >Keith Owens wrote: >> 2.5.25 existing build system has a nasty bug. Build as one user then >> make install as root. It does supurious recompiles of some files and >> leaves them owned as root. All of these files are now owned by root >> and cause problems when the build user wants to rebuild. > >Doesn't happen for me.
Check include/linux/compile.h after building as yourself and after installing as root. make install goes
bzImage -> setup.o -> compile.h -> scripts/mkcompile_h -> #define LINUX_COMPILE_BY \"`whoami`\"
whoami is different when you compile as one user then install as another.
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