GNU bug report logs - #12793
build: configure should warn about 'root' earlier (

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Michael Felt <mamfelt <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 14:40:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 12793 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Michael Felt <mamfelt <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12793 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12793: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 - not really a bug,
	but friendliness issue
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:34:38 +0000

On 11/03/2012 02:36 PM, Michael Felt wrote:
> Would be much nicer if ./configure complained at the beginning about being
> root, rather than at the end.

This comes from a specific test in gnulib:
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=5c53ef81
rather than a coreutils policy decision.

I suppose that check could be hoisted to
one that is done up front?

thanks,
Pádraig.
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