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Originally Posted by ocicat
While we are on this subject, it should be clarified that while the kernel can be built with a non-root account which is a member of the wsrc group, building the userland still needs to be done as root.
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This is true.
Most folks follow FAQ 5, but the definitive system build instructions are in the
release(8) man page. There, it shows the kernel build being done by a normal user, but it shows the kernel install and the userland/xenocara builds being done with a blend of sudo and su.