On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 23:28, Aaron wrote: > A common problem I used to have is not being root when configuring. The > configure script checks your system etc and if you are not root often > it fails. Also alway read the INSTALL file which will tell you lots of > useful information, what configure does etc. > lol >
Good points to make - but sometimes, the "programmer" is lazy and they use the generic GNU's README, INSTALL, AUTHORS, NEWS and other text files without bothering to edit them for any specific or extra information that the end-user might need for their specific system...which is a problem, but overall, it's a matter of reading everything and anything... -- Thu Nov 14 22:50:00 EST 2002 -------------------------------- | __ __ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;"""/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " |linux user:267497 -------------------------------- e-credibility: the non-guaranteeable likelihood that the electronic data you're seeing is genuine rather than somebody's made-up crap. - Karl Lehenbauer
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