Lucian Langa <cooly(a)gnome.eu.org> writes:
You could try to run mock as an unprivileged user that is part of
the
mock group. I was having the same issues when running mock as root user,
but it works once I run it with normal user.
Well, building packages as root is bad form anyway. Aside from any
security hazards you might be exposing yourself to, I know of packages
that flat out won't build as root (their embedded self-tests reject the
case).
regards, tom lane