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Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function'
From: |
Antoine Levitt |
Subject: |
Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function' |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:43:19 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
05/07/11 23:05, Richard Stallman
> FWIW, I almost never run make install as root for Emacs.
>
> That susprises me -- could you explain why not?
For instance, I used to use school servers that use an antiquated
version of emacs, and I wanted the last one, so I just reinstalled emacs
+ the libs it needed in ~/new_root, with PREFIX=$HOME/new_root
./configure.
> Anyway, the crucial case here is a multi-user machine where the person
> using Emacs does not understand system maintenance and did not install
> Emacs himself. This is the case where there is probably a functioning
> MTA plus users who use it without knowing what it is. In that case,
> `make install' was run as root.
>
> Thus, when `make install' is run not as root, it would be ok
> not to decide, and let Emacs ask the user whatr to do.
>
> The other way Emacs gets installed is from a package, via apt-get
> or something like it. That always gets done as root.
>
> Thus, we can assume this test is done running as root.
Except apt-get doesn't call make install, so it's a package maintainer
gotcha.
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', (continued)
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Frank Schmitt, 2011/07/01
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/02
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/07/02
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/03
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/07/03
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/04
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Tim Cross, 2011/07/04
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Jan Djärv, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function',
Antoine Levitt <=
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', chad, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/07/05
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', chad, 2011/07/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', chad, 2011/07/06
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/07
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Michael Welsh Duggan, 2011/07/07
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Richard Stallman, 2011/07/07
- Re: Changing the default for `send-mail-function', Tim Cross, 2011/07/06