On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:50, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Help some of us newbies to move from the > > 'chaff' category, as Volker puts it, and into the > > That's not what I said. I was referring to programmers who make > makefiles which copy files into directories which don't exist. Usually > this only applies to non-GNU software. Nothing to do with the person > compiling the software (who however will have to fix it).
Apologies. I mis-read your original post. My request for a lesson still holds. I still think this would be an excellent topic for a tech-talk CLUG meeting. I'd love to learn how this '--prefix' thing will help me to install untrusted software a bit more safely. I'm trying to eliminate the number of things I do as 'root'. > Volker Yuri
