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Date:      Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:06:31 -0700
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
To:        Tom Everett <tom@khubla.com>, Winston Smith <smith.winston.101@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD ARM <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: crochet - why does it (try to) change files in /usr/src?
Message-ID:  <5361AC27.8020001@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAB3ij4DJZ201qDk9ZQ5fy3NRGkDMu12VCwd3FaRPW_JAzGJD_w@mail.gmail.com>
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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.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Winston Smith
> <smith.winston.101@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen
>> <torfinn.ingolfsen@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!
>>
>> Does it work if you're root?
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