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List:       autoconf
Subject:    RE: autoconf execution needs root permission
From:       Marslo Jiao <Marslo_Jiao () symantec ! com>
Date:       2015-05-13 6:33:40
Message-ID: 4C00E3275F205744A3440D635BB9D0F0531BA9FEDA () APJ1XCHEVSPIN30 ! SYMC ! SYMANTEC ! COM
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Hi Eric,

Thanks for your clarify. It's really helpful.
Anything update I will let you know.

BRs,  Marslo Jiao  

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Blake [mailto:eblake@redhat.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 09:10 PM
To: Marslo Jiao; autoconf@gnu.org
Subject: Re: autoconf execution needs root permission

On 05/12/2015 12:46 AM, Marslo Jiao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've heard of my colleague said that, if we use autoconf, then it must need root \
> permission. Is that right?

No, you are mistaken. Autoconf is designed to be usable without requiring any special \
permissions.  I'd be interested in more details as to why you think root access is \
required, to help squash an incorrect notion with more facts than just a blanket \
statement.

There are some configure scripts in the wild that were written where a particular \
test will get a correct answer only when configure is run as root, but such packages \
are the minority.  But such a configure script can still be generated in user space \
without root privileges, and the test in those configure scripts is a result of \
whoever wrote that configure.ac, and not due to autoconf proper.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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