Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 03/24/08 00:01 CST:

> Oops. We are indeed not on the same page. Still, it should be possible (but 
> untested) to install the xpi file manually (i.e., without running seamonkey 
> explicitly) by unzipping it and copying the files to the needed directories, 
> and 
> then running the above four commands.

Yes, I understand now. It makes sense. It's worth a try I suppose, but
I fail to see why running it as root one time is so bad. I do realize
you have issues with the LiveCD that prevents you from running as root,
but that seems to be a special case.

Is it a matter of principle or is it that folks feel it is a security
risk to run the program once as the root user?

I mean, the Moz Devs still to this day recommend to do that, but
perhaps their documentation is outdated.

Good discussion though.

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Randy

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