11 Jul
2002
11 Jul
'02
11:29 p.m.
A while ago Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
MK> mailman checks for the installation directories during
MK> configury. IMO this wrongly assumes, that
| - the build machine is the target machine
| - the directories already exist during configuration
| - you don't use a temporary installation directory
MK> 2.1b2 works ok. Found this while making experimental Debian
MK> packages.
I'm adding a configure switch --with(out)-permcheck. By default, the permissions on the --prefix directory are checked, unless you add --without-permicheck, then that check is skipped.
Hope that solves the problem. -Barry