crochet - why does it (try to) change files in /usr/src?

[Winston Smith]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen
<torfinn.ingolfsen at getmail.no> wrote:
> I'm (finally) trying crochet today. Ultimate goal is to try and build for Cubieboard, but I'm starting with something easy first - RaspberryPi.
>
> Question 1: it look to me like the script is trying to remove stuff (files) from /usr/src. Why is it doing that?
>
> Question 2: why does crochet need root?
> - all prerequisites (that needs root) are already installed
> - the script is installed in ~/work/crochet-freebsd and all building takes place there
> so why does it need root?

I think it's just the FreeBSD way!

Does it work if you're root?