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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive Makefile archive.h.in
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In message: <20080101035524.GN72458@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
            Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> writes:
: On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 08:33:52PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: >Any chance our 'install' tools can be made to copy the files w/o the
: >right permissions and 'log' the right stuff to an mtree formatted
: >file?  That would make building a distribution as a mere mortal
: >possible...
: 
: AFAIK, this is basically what NetBSD does.  I also like the idea
: of not needing root to build distributions.

That's where I got the idea...  I was hoping that someone would pick
the code/idea up from NetBSD since needing root to install FreeBSD
binaries to build a distribution is problematic on many settings.

Warner