Re: Fail: install2.test

[Akim Demaille]

Stephen Torri <address@hidden> writes:

> > cp: cannot open `foo' for reading: Permission non accordée
> 
> Worked fine. I was able to create "bar". (logged in as root)

This test is precisely trying to check that automake does not perform
invalid operations, but the user is not expected to be root.

As a general advice, you should not be root when playing with foreign
(thanks for your trust :) tarballs but when `make install'.

As a specific advice, please, never test again any of the Autotools as
root, as they are not meant for it, and this produces false alarms.

The conclusion is that Automake is fine on your machine :)