Re: [Fink-devel] Re: [Fink-users] Running fink as non-root?

[Finlay D. <fin...@bt...>]

On Sunday, November 11, 2001, at 11:57  am, Max Horn wrote:

>> No Fink operation requires root.
>
> With current system (namely, using dpkg), yes they do! From a current 
> techincal point of view, yes they do!
>
> I am not saying it is impossible to implement it completly non-root one 
> day, but in the current situation, no it is not possible.
>
> But dpkg has a hard coded check in there to *enforce* it is run as 
> root. We could patch this out, but before we do so we have to carefully 
> examine it and make sure we know about all consequences.
>
> Again, I am not saying it is impossible. But it will cost a lot of 
> work, requires detailed investigation, and is certainly not as trivial 
> as you try to make it sound.

The only viable way I can see is via some fakeroot clone for Darwin, and 
I'm not sure if that's possible.

  -- Finlay