I did some investigation of this bug today and just wanted to share my insights here. There are essentially two ways to fix it, one hard, one simple:
1) The hard way: Only make files and directories writable that need to be. This are at least: the top level directory, all files that will be patched, and all directories that contain files that will be patched. 2) The simple way: Just run chmod -R u+w on the extracted source. What I don't know is wether there are source packages where the build system is braindead enough to depend on the effect that some directories and files are read-only? I'm not yet sure what way I would prefer... Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
