Re: Problem with installing as root

Kevin O'Gorman writes:

> I did a 'su root' and a 'make install', then as my normal user
> self, attempted to do the regression tests. They failed and
> left the attached file in install.log. It points at a problem
> with permissions on a file left behind by the 'make install'
> in the Perl stuff.

The Perl interface build is a big, ugly hack. I'm going to modify the
regression tests to omit the Perl directory when creating its temporary
install, but replacing the hack is still a bonus project for someone.

> BTW, I'm back from the tip because of instability when I started
> looking at this stuff. Is it stable enough to install and run
> now?

Probably not wildly more stable than, say, a week ago.

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