Thanks, I pushed this out. Nick: this wording improvement will appear in the next major release.
John Darrington <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 08:23:19PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > I guess it can't do any harm. > > Hmm. What does everyone think of the following patch? > > commit 8ea0f0027820d9895689eb50895cbdf24260ff4e > Author: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> > Date: Sun Feb 1 20:21:52 2009 -0800 > > INSTALL: Add hints about how to obtain root permission. > > Suggested by Nick Thompson <[email protected]>. > > diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL > index e687c55..dc673c4 100644 > --- a/INSTALL > +++ b/INSTALL > @@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ release. > > 4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files > and documentation. Ordinarily you will need root permissions to > - do this; if you cannot get root permissions, see "Installation > - Names", below. > + do this. The "su" and "sudo" commands are common ways to obtain > + root permissions. If you cannot get root permissions, see > + "Installation Names", below. > > 5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the > source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the > > -- > "MONO - Monochrome Emulation > This field is used to store your favorite bit." > --FreeVGA Attribute Controller Reference > > > _______________________________________________ > pspp-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-dev > > -- > PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 > fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 > See http://pgp.mit.edu or any PGP keyserver for public key. > > -- Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> Author and maintainer of Pintos _______________________________________________ pspp-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-dev
