On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:19:15 +0100 Sebastian Dransfeld <s...@tango.flipp.net> wrote:
> On 11/15/2012 11:00 AM, David Seikel wrote: > > 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.". > > So you get fired for installing automake-1.11 in $HOME, but not for > installing efl from svn? Depends on the boss / management. A large enough percentage are known for making crazy decisions like that, so you have to keep that in mind. For all we know his job might require him to build EFL SVN on a stock Ubuntu 10.10 install. shrugs -- 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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