On Sun, 2002-09-15 at 04:56, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Brian O'Reilly <fade@deepsky.com> [2002.09.15.0615 +0200]: > > Ah, this is indeed what I have been doing but the .configure comes back > > with a complaint that it must be run as root... > > can you identify where in the configure script it crashes? > > fakeroot sh -x ./configure > > might help > > -- > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck > > qvid me anxivs svm? checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for AIX... no configure: warning: === vpopmail must be configured as root. === configure: warning: === please switch to the root user and === configure: warning: === run ./configure. Thanks === configure: error: aborted. make: *** [config.status] Error 1 ... I have looked at the config file, and there is no clear reason I can discern, as to why it wants to run as root; I have changed the script and submitted a patch upstream. -- Brian fade@etc.etc.etc. "You can't depend on your judgement when your imagination is out of focus." -- Mark Twain
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