Re: Fail: install2.test

[Akim Demaille]

Stephen Torri <address@hidden> writes:

> No problem. I will move the code into a user directory and work as my
> normal user. In regards to install the "questionable" tarball, how do you
> handle it? 

There is nothing but trust here.  If someone wants to hurt you, given
that `install' is very likely to be run by root, there is nothing to
do but completely check what's going to be done.

Have fun!  :)

But for the other targets, the environment of root being usually so
different, it's a bad idea to be root when running them.

> If my /usr/local/bin is owned by root then I cannot install it as a
> normal user.

That's why I wrote `but for make install'.