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Re: Problems installing as root

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Wwalt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com>
Date
Feb 26, 2007, 01:32 UTC
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<ertdaq$mkf$1@sea.gmane.org>
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<7vejoewyag.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
Junio C Hamano wrote:
> walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com> writes:
>> 'make install' as root leaves dozens of files owned by root
>> in my personal source directory...
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> 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.

'make all' does exactly the same thing. (The Makefile says that 'make all' is the default target, so it should behave the same, no?)

Thanks.
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 11 of 11 in “Problems installing as root”
  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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