On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Greg Ercolano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Arkiletian wrote:
>>>>> lcUniConv/cp1251.h:36: warning: 'cp1251_mbtowc' defined but not used
>>>>> Archiving ../lib/libfltk_xutf8.a...
>>>>> Installing libfltk_xutf8.a in /usr/local/lib...
>>>>> make[1]: execvp: /usr/local/lib: Permission denied
>>>>> make[1]: execvp: ../lib/libfltk_xutf8.a: Permission denied
>
>        Hmm, are you quite sure you're /really/ root?
>        Double check that running 'id' reports your uid and gid is zero
>

I can confirm I am root.

>        If these fail with permission errors, either your root
>        isn't really root, or maybe there are some weird
>        non-unixy permissions enabled, either ACLs or selinux
>        or some such..?

selinux is disabled.

The problem was the script in the Makefile was failing because the
variables were not defined. One of them was chmod. So the permission
problem manifests because even as root, you cannot run a file which is
not executable. Hence, the permission problem.

Once I fixed the makefile that error went away.


-- 
Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
Fl_TeacherTool http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/
C++ GUI tutorial http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/

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