from the quill of Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> not a first for me

Me neither.

> To not use the 'make install' specificly the mknod and other such
> things
> you have to patch them out.

Indeed.  Been there done that.

> To patch them out you must deal with the
> Makefile's, which means a patch (usualy), which means it will usualy
> need
> updated, which means more knowledge of the Makefile.

I agree.

> So you might as well
> just do a 'make -n' and save your self the never ending patching
> cycle. 

But why not use the permissions errors from doing a "make install" as
"un-root"?

b.


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Brian J. Murrell                              InterLinx Support Services, Inc.
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