On 22/03/05 08:35 -0500, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:25:43 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Probably becuase courier will not let you build as root, and > > >/usr/src/redhat is owned by root.root. > > >OP needs to RTFM, particularly chown(1). > > > > OP needs to know about the --disable-root-check option when compiling > > courier-whatever > > Nope. That's not the way to do it. Always build Courier as non-root - > else "make test" (running the test suite) fails. Its all explained in > the docs - just RTFM. > > The easiest way to build would be chown -R courier:courier /usr/src/redhat. chown -R <normal_user>: /usr/src/redhat.
I always build my RPMs as non root (almost everything as non root) and then sudo the final installation step. A malicious Makefile is dangerous. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: 2005 Windows Mobile Application Contest Submit applications for Windows Mobile(tm)-based Pocket PCs or Smartphones for the chance to win $25,000 and application distribution. Enter today at http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6882&alloc_id=15148&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
