Keith Thompson <[email protected]> writes: > When I build Python from source, the "sudo make install" step > creates root-owned files in the build directory. I have not seen > this while building other open-source packages from source. > > Is there a way to avoid this, so no root-owned files are creates > other than under the target installation directory? [...]
I received a reply on the python-list mailing list that didn't appear here. I can't post to python-list without joining it. The reply suggested not using "sudo" for "make install". That could be a workaround, but: - I install into a directory owned by root, - It's easier to use sudo to clean up the generated files, and - for all the other things I build from source (Python, Ruby, gcc, etc.), "sudo make install" doesn't create any root-owned files in the source directory; Python's build seems to be unique. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) [email protected] void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org
