Re: improve INSTALL wording (was: Re: PSPP-BUG: Make Check Revealed Error.)

[John Darrington]

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 <address@hidden>
     Date:   Sun Feb 1 20:21:52 2009 -0800
     
         INSTALL: Add hints about how to obtain root permission.
         
         Suggested by Nick Thompson <address@hidden>.
     
     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
     address@hidden
     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.

signature.asc
Description: Digital signature