Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:46:15 -0400 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what userid do you update system sources under? Message-ID: <f0a73858-93b1-d13e-58c2-896e4ff8bb6b@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <YVMiaWBxb/dbAPzX@ceres.zyxst.net> References: <YVMiaWBxb/dbAPzX@ceres.zyxst.net>
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tech-lists wrote on 9/28/21 10:10 AM: > Hi, > > When git updates your system sources, are you updating with a specific > git user, or do you just use root, and if *automatically* refreshing your > tree (like in a cronjob), again as git user or root? Or some other user? Are you referring to /usr/src? for example... I would do that as root. > The reason I ask is that some instructions the quoted prompt updating > the system is $ or % and not #. What way is the "right" way? Usually, root owns /usr/src/ because the building is done as root. -- Dan Langille dan@langille.org
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