Michael Maraist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I suggested this a while ago, and the response was that automatically
> writing files is a security risk.  You should extend your RFC to
> describe a caching directory or configuration.

This will be completely impossible to implement in some installation
environments, such as AFS or read-only remote NFS mounts.  I really don't
like software that tries to play dynamic compilation tricks; please just
compile at installation time and then leave it alone.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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