RE: [gnet-dev] Letting gnet-1.1.8 and gnet-2.0.1RPM packages coex ist

[David Helder <dhelder umich edu>]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 martyn 2 russell bt com wrote:
> Non-superusers should be able to compile it. They should not be able to
> install it.  Most packages require root to install because they put files in
> /usr and other places which require root access to write.

They shouldn't be able to install it in /usr at least.  I install my own
version of GNet into ~/local with everything owned by me.

David


-- 
David Helder - dhelder umich edu - <http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~dhelder>