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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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