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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From: Michael Felt <mamfelt <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 - not really a bug, but friendliness issue
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 15:36:43 +0100

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Would be much nicer if ./configure complained at the beginning about being
root, rather than at the end.

regards,
Michael

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