Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 15:35:16 +0000 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/11093: remind user that he needs to be root to install port Message-ID: <19990412153516.A72279@rucus.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <199904121320.GAA38023@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Mikhail Kruk on Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 06:20:03AM -0700 References: <199904121320.GAA38023@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon 1999-04-12 (06:20), Mikhail Kruk wrote:
> Since I can't think of a port which can be installed as user (may be
> wrong of course) the script may stop or ask for confirmation. The
> same reason: I type make and forget about that shell for a while, I
> can easily miss the message.
I, amongst others I'm sure, do install and build ports without being
root, since I can change DISTDIR and PREFIX, making it not necessary for
me to be root.
Perhaps there should be a check that you can write to ${PREFIX}, much
like the write check on ${DISTDIR}. (this would stop the make install if
it failed, I would think)
Neil
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