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* On 17-01-02 at 22:47 
* Emmanuel Seyman said....

> On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 05:20:55PM +0100, Nick Wilson wrote:
> > 
> > Just a quickie, where should I put the src directoriew for programs that
> > I download? Is there an accepted standard or is it a 'take your pick'
> > type thing?
> 
> Call it extreme paranoia but I prefer not to compile anything as root.
> I have a "build" directory in my $HOME where I put all the tarballs
> I download.
> 
> It's a "take your pick" type thing in the sense that no matter where
> you do it, you should always get the same result.

Well, that sounds reasonable but don't you have to 'make install' as
root if you want to make programs availabe to other users?
- -- 

Nick Wilson

Tel:    +45 3325 0688
Fax:    +45 3325 0677
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