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Re: Compiling from scratch.
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Pascal J . Bourguignon |
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Re: Compiling from scratch. |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Oct 2003 07:57:39 +0200 |
Alex Perez writes:
> >
> Pascal,
> > First problem, this compile-all script asks for root. There is
> > absolutely no need to be root to compile and install gnustep or any
> > other application software.
> WRONG. The "you need to be root" should *DEFINATELY* need to be more
> verbose, but the reason that it requires it is because it installs to
> /usr/GNUstep. A --prefix type flag would definitely be a good thing
> however.
Absolutely NOT. It installs where I say it to install (namely
/local/GNUstep), and root did give me write access to this directory.
And even if it was not the case, root would have created a gnustep
user in the gnustep group and would have installed gnustep using this
non priviledged account.
> > Perhaps GNUstep would have more visibility if it could be just
> > compiled and installed out of the box without having to delve in its
> > depths, like any other package...
> Perhaps you should try being less negative. People are more willing to
> fix/rewrite things if they perceive that you are trying to bring things
> you think should be modified to light in a positive way.
I'm definitely qualified to debug the compilation and installation
process. The point is not here, it's to allow people less advanced in
programming to install easily gnustep. Perhaps they only want to run
a GNUstep application, perhaps they're only beginner programmers who
want to learn Objetive-C. In any case, when you can download and
compile with the mere './configure;make;make install' thousands of
packages, there's not reason why it should be more complicated for
gnustep.
> In any event, I think your points are most definately valid.
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