0.11.6 change, foul change
- From: Dagmar d'Surreal <dagmar speakeasy net>
- To: gnome-pilot-list gnome org
- Subject: 0.11.6 change, foul change
- Date: 28 Dec 2002 17:22:45 -0600
>From the output of configure from pilot-link 0.11.6:
>ERROR: Please do not configure or build this software as root.
>
>You should not need to be the root user, or superuser to build or
>configure software. You will only need to use the root user to
>install the software to its final destination, not to build it.
>
>Create a normal user, or log in as a normal user, and re-run the
>configuration from the beginning. There are potential dangers to
>configuring or building software as root, so the rule is, don't.
I don't much care this, but I really don't care for the fact that it
exits with status code 0 (which causes problems for obvious reasons)
instead of 1 like it should.
So out of spite I send the attached patch that rips that out by the
roots. ;)
diff -urN pilot-link-0.11.6-pristine/configure pilot-link-0.11.6/configure
--- pilot-link-0.11.6-pristine/configure 2002-12-24 20:53:49.000000000 -0600
+++ pilot-link-0.11.6/configure 2002-12-28 17:02:29.000000000 -0600
@@ -732,20 +732,6 @@
-if test $UID = 0; then
- echo ""
- echo "ERROR: Please do not configure or build this software as root.."
- echo ""
- echo "You should not need to be the root user, or superuser to build or"
- echo "configure software. You will only need to use the root user to"
- echo "install the software to its final destination, not to build it."
- echo ""
- echo "Create a normal user, or log in as a normal user, and re-run the"
- echo "configuration from the beginning. There are potential dangers to"
- echo "configuring or building software as root, so the rule is, don't."
- echo ""
- exit 0
-fi
PILOT_LINK_VERS=0
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