0.11.6 change, foul change



>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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