On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:17:18AM -0500, David Golden wrote: > On Nov 20, 2007 8:40 PM, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also note that every other installer in the universe, the very first > thing > > it does, is it updates the installer. It is usually not an optional thing > > for > > just the sort of chicken/egg problems we worry about. That we leave it an > > option is an odd. > > +1 to that!
Are there any other installers that merrily expect to be run as non-root? [or more accurately, a user with less privileges than is needed to update the installer itself] Nicholas Clark
