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Hi all
I guess my title says it all 
Occasionally, I come across an application that requires to be built not as the ROOT user.
I am using Fossapup64-95, can someone enlighten me?
TIA
Jasper wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 3:48 pmHi all
I guess my title says it all
Occasionally, I come across an application that requires to be built not as the ROOT user.
I am using Fossapup64-95, can someone enlighten me?
TIA
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run-as-spot program namerun-as-spot bash to get a shell running as spot, then proceed normally from there.
dimkr wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 4:41 pm
run-as-spot bashto get a shell running as spot, then proceed normally from there.
Wouldn't you then run into the issue of linking to/against root-owned system files? Or does that not matter? (Me no expert when it comes to compiling, 'cos my "skills" are utterly abysmal in this area!) 
Mike. 
Trying to compile a new update for BusyBox ....... that's an example of an application that requires one to compile not as the root user.
Jasper wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:31 pmTrying to compile a new update for BusyBox ....... that's an example of an application that requires one to compile not as the root user.
This is a bit strange. I've recently compiled Busybox 1.36.1 on Fossapup64-9.5 as root without a problem.
Edit: Tried again, against GNU libc this time - OK. It's even easier - just make menuconfig and then make. It seems you've updated a lot of tools on your system, maybe this makes a difference.
Thank you as always for your input/suggestions lol and more often the solutions 
I am going to have another attempt at this, not sure what I have missed. I will as suggested do menuconfig beforehand 
The building tools I have updated but the core packages/libraries within Fossapup64-95 remain the same eg Python. This way hope updates will benefit other FP95 users. Unless I have uploaded an updated package ..... I do share them and add them as additional dependencies.
Yes, you'll link at libraries in /lib, /usr/lib, etc', and they may be root owned. But this doesn't matter, because spot has read permissions.
dimkr wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:45 pmYes, you'll link at libraries in /lib, /usr/lib, etc', and they may be root owned. But this doesn't matter, because spot has read permissions.
Fair comment! That's something new I've learned today. All "grist for t' mill". Thanks!
Mike.
Got it compile & working .............still unsure as to what I did wrong initially