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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Permissions -- footnote
From:       Benjamin Sher <delphi123 () zebra ! net>
Date:       2004-03-17 17:40:50
Message-ID: 200403171140.50493.delphi123 () zebra ! net
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Dear Percy:

All my thanks. This really clears up any remaining doubts. Issue resolved
permanently. Topic over.

Will inform the mailing list if I find any bugs in Koffice or if I have any
featurs to suggest.

Thanks to everybody.

Benjamin

On 03/17/2004 02:37 am, Percy Leonhardt wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 March 2004 22:14, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > I have always run configure as USER, without exception. Except, that is,
> > during this brief interim, when I installed a handful of programs with
> > configure as root due to my permissions error. The command you suggested
> > worked splendidly, as you saw. My only question, if I may, is: Is my
> > problem completely over or would you recommend reinstalling these two or
> > three programs? And are there any lasting effects? I do not recall
> > whether I installed Koffice with configure as root or not, But all of the
> > programs in question, including Koffice, are working fine. Even after
> > rebooting.
>
> Hi Benjamin,
>
> you mention that all applications are working fine. So there is no need to
> reinstall any of them. It really doesn't make any difference whether you
> run configure as root or as user. The only problem that can come up is when
> running configure first as root and then later again as user, like in your
> case. But then the solution from David will do.
>
> So no matter if you run configure as root or user, you have to run make
> install as root when installing in /usr, so the result will always be the
> same, independent from running configure as root or user.
>
> Hope I could clear that last question for you.
>
> 	Percy :-)
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Benjamin Sher
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