On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:53:06 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:59:18 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> > said: > > > Simon even mentioned that it's his work system that has this > > problem. It's very likely that some company provided systems are > > locked down to specific versions of development tools for the > > companies own reasons. Say for instance to provide a common > > development environment for all the developers. He might not be > > allowed to upgrade automake. > > you dont need to be root to upgrade it. don't be silly. if you're a > developer you can happily upgrade automake all you like - as long as > whatever you want to upgrade doesn't need root privs (setuid root for > example), you can do it. I did not mention root. Could be "locked down" based on the boss saying "Thou shalt use version X, and only version X, on pain of being fired.". -- A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
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