On Sun, 3 Sep 2017, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Actually this is not true in the Mac unless you do everything in your > home directory. This is if you are compiling. But probably the sudo > was not needed in the ls command.
It is highly recommended that you compile things in a subdirectory of your home directory. The point is to do as much as possible without root privileges. Any issues, e.g. bugs with the Makefile than ends up deleting files from / would have less of an impact on your system that way. Of course on your own system you may do as you wish. But in a guideline document that inexperienced people will rely upon I think it is important to stick to best practices. Nicolas _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.com/mailman/listinfo/brltty
