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

From: Michael Felt <mamfelt <at> gmail.com>
To: 12793 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12793: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 - not really a bug, but
	friendliness issue
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 16:11:40 +0100

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Do not know when this came in (8.16, or 8.17) - but 8.17 also requires a
complete rerun of configure. 8.15 was so simple (or did I just not notice
it then?)

Michael

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Michael Felt <mamfelt <at> gmail.com> wrote:

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

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