Re: writability of directories in distributions

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009, Jim Meyering wrote:
> > > The other issue, as I recall, has to do with whether or not 'root' is
> > > doing the unpacking.
> >
> > Remember that 'root' is going away on many systems which are now using
> > roles' (or temporary powers) instead.
>
> At whatever pace, this won't be widespread enough
> to constitute a solution anytime soon.

I am not sure what you mean by above.  My point is that configure 
can't rely on UID 0 or user 'root' to decide if it should behave 
differently.

Certain major operating systems have been using 'roles' based 
administration for many years.

Bob
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