Re: FYI: libtool-1.5.18 -- installed files owned by non-root user

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Gary,

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 07:27:51PM CEST:
> Sorry for the late review:

No problem.

> On 8 Jul 2005, at 16:57, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >--- Makefile.am    2 May 2005 09:20:24 -0000    1.153
> >+++ Makefile.am    8 Jul 2005 15:54:01 -0000
> >@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@
> >     done; \
> >     ( cd $(srcdir)/m4 && $(AMTAR) chf - $$aclocalfiles; ) \
> >       | ( umask 0 && cd $(DESTDIR)$(aclocaldir) && $(AMTAR) xf -; )
> >+    chown -R root $(DESTDIR)$(ltdldatadir) && \
> >+    chgrp -R root $(DESTDIR)$(ltdldatadir) || :
> 
> What about:
> 
>     -chown -R root $(DESTDIR)$(ltdldatadir) 2>/dev/null
>     -chgrp -R root $(DESTDIR)$(ltdldatadir) 2>/dev/null

Has the problem that you see the chown and the chgrp happening, but
neither do they fail nor do you see the failure.  That would strike
me as odd and misleading, but YMMV.

Cheers,
Ralf