Date: Sun, 5 Mar 1995 13:17:23 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: What is _that_ ranlib for? Message-ID: <199503051217.NAA12428@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Hi, one thing that's been bothering me all the time: > make install Installing new math.h install -c -o bin -g bin -m 444 libm.a /usr/lib ranlib -t /usr/lib/libm.a ranlib: /usr/lib/libm.a: Permission denied *** Error code 1 Stop. What is _this_ ranlib for? Is it really needed? The library has just been made an ranlib'ed, but the above behaviour of `make install' brakes installation for non-root people (like ``bin'' in this case). (I hate to work as root, this is sorta self-protection.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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