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Date:      Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:17:14 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        James Gill <gill@topsecret.net>
Cc:        Kresimir Kumericki <kkumer@phy.hr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Permissions of /usr/ports ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911221316230.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911221537040.3273-100000@pacific.int.topsecret.net>

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On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, James Gill wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> ->On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Kresimir Kumericki wrote:
> ->
> ->>   When installing new packages on Unices I usually follow
> ->> the procedure where I do all the preparatory work (fetching,
> ->> applying patches, playing with configuration, building
> ->> the executable, testing) as nonprivileged user and only do "make
> ->> install" as root. (BTW, I do "make -n install" first.)
> 
> Why would one configure the ports area to be tinkerable by a nonprivledged
> user?

because that nonprivledged user is myself?

-Alfred



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