On 2009-04-01, at 1306, Matt Brookings wrote:
John Simpson wrote:this should make it possible to not require root in order to configure or build the software... or is there some other reason root permissionsare required?They are required because currently, the Makefiles want to mkdir and chown, etc.
when you're doing a "make install", i would expect that.are you saying that the process of compiling the software, even if you're not installing it yet, still creates system-level directories?
if this is the case, then the Makefile is broken. and vpopmail has been around long enough that i have trouble believing it's broken that badly, which is why i'm asking the question.
does the Makefile actually create system-level directories just to compile the software, even if you don't intend to actually install it on the machine where it's being built?
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