[gpm]Re: gpm 1.19.4 X Raw Hide version

[Preston Brown]

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Nico Schottelius wrote:

> > > About gpm-1.19.3-root.patch:
> > >
> > > -       $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -o root -m 755 disable-paste $(bindir)/disable-paste
> > > +       $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) disable-paste $(bindir)/disable-paste
> > >
> > > I think Red Hat removed -o root -m 755 because it's the
> > > default.
> >
> > Mainly because we don't build RPMs as a root user for security concerns
> > (everything should be buildable as non-root), and this breaks that.
> 
> Do you use install as non root user ? That's interesting.
> I would have problems if I do that.

Build, not install.

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