I was wondering

Tobey Wheelock yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:58:09 -0400


On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 09:38:38AM -0400, mascarasnake wrote:
> Sounds so simple, don't it? ;)
> 
> Is it important to run the 
> 	./config
> 	make
> 
> part as user, then switch to root to make?
> I've been running the whole process as root. (although the attempts I have made 
> thus far are missing libraries and such, I think.


The standard recommendation is not to do anything as root that you don't
have to ("thou shalt not take the name of root in vain"), but it should
work either way.

Tobey