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Re: improve INSTALL wording


From: Ben Pfaff
Subject: Re: improve INSTALL wording
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:25:30 -0800
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Thanks, I pushed this out.

Nick: this wording improvement will appear in the next major
release.

John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 08:23:19PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> I guess it can't do any harm.  
>      
>      Hmm.  What does everyone think of the following patch?
>      
>      commit 8ea0f0027820d9895689eb50895cbdf24260ff4e
>      Author: Ben Pfaff <address@hidden>
>      Date:   Sun Feb 1 20:21:52 2009 -0800
>      
>          INSTALL: Add hints about how to obtain root permission.
>          
>          Suggested by Nick Thompson <address@hidden>.
>      
>      diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
>      index e687c55..dc673c4 100644
>      --- a/INSTALL
>      +++ b/INSTALL
>      @@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ release.
>       
>         4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files
>            and documentation.  Ordinarily you will need root permissions to
>      -     do this; if you cannot get root permissions, see "Installation
>      -     Names", below.
>      +     do this.  The "su" and "sudo" commands are common ways to obtain
>      +     root permissions.  If you cannot get root permissions, see
>      +     "Installation Names", below.
>       
>         5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
>            source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
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