On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 08:31:38PM +0000, Roland Illig wrote:
> Log Message:
> Added a new variable MAKE_PACKAGE_AS_ROOT that controls whether the
> package needs to be packed by root or whether the unprivileged user can
> do that as well. Most packages don't need root privileges, but the
> default value is nevertheless "yes" to not break too many existing
> packages.

Will you feel hurt if I back this out? This does often enough not work
and is a submit of a different functionality which is much more useful.

Joerg