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Date:      Sun, 03 Aug 2003 00:23:43 +0400
From:      Sergey Matveychuk <sem@ciam.ru>
To:        Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        des@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: New feature of bsd.port.mk: "Switching to root credentials". Do we need this ALWAYS?
Message-ID:  <3F2C1DCF.4010906@ciam.ru>
In-Reply-To: <968922890.20030802230525@serebryakov.spb.ru>
References:  <968922890.20030802230525@serebryakov.spb.ru>

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Lev Serebryakov wrote:
>   I don't think, that it was good idea to `su(1)' into `root' on ANY
> `make install'! It is very difficult to install port `locally' now,
> and it is very uncomfortable for me as maintainer of many ports. I

ports/55091 is quick fix for it. It implements INSTALL_AS_USER variable.

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