A question about groups

[stan]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 12:58:17AM +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Sun, 2020-04-05 at 16:35 +0200, Tom H wrote:
> > You're building your package as "root" in a directory that's root-
> > writable only.
> 
> Being pedantic: He is building his package in a directory that the _apt
> user cannot write.
> 
> He'll have the same problem in any directory except /tmp on a normal
> system, unless he created a suitable directory himself (i.e., a world-
> writable one, preferably with the sticky bit set, or one owned by
> _apt).
> 

Got it, thanks.

I will try building it in /tmp, as you had previously mentioned.

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