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Re: Problems installing as root

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Feb 25, 2007, 06:23 UTC
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<7vejoewyag.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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<erpljl$ln9$1@sea.gmane.org>
walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com> writes:
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> I'm current as of this morning (7bd59dee...) and I'm still seeing
> two problems with doing 'make' as myself but 'make install' as
> root.
>
> First, 'make install' as root leaves dozens of files owned by root
> in my personal source directory.  A minor nit, but inconvenient
> during the next 'make'.
> ...
> Second, this is a more recent problem with 'make install':

Does 'make all' followed by 'make install' do the same? If so these are indeed very bad.

If you run 'make all', and then if you run, without changing anything to cause rebuilding, run 'make install', the build procedure should not create _any_ new file. Otherwise the build procedure is broken and needs to be fixed.

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  1. waltFeb 24, 2007
  2. Shawn O. PearceFeb 25, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2007
  4. Shawn O. PearceFeb 25, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2007
  6. Shawn O. PearceFeb 25, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2007
  8. waltFeb 25, 2007
  9. Shawn O. PearceFeb 26, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2007
  11. waltFeb 26, 2007

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