GNU bug report logs - #53534
28.0.91; on netbsd 'gmake install' outputs 'find: chown: No such file or directory'

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Van Ly <van.ly <at> sdf.org>, 53534 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53534: 28.0.91; on netbsd 'gmake install' outputs 'find: chown: No such file or directory'
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:02:19 -0500

Glenn Morris wrote:

> 3) Only run chown if UID = 0, and use chown root:root rather than the
> current installuser logic, which seems broken (I notice now that most of
> my emacs installations in /usr/local/share are owned by my user account
> instead of root).

PS Also, prepend /usr/sbin:/sbin to PATH when running chown.
The whole tar+chown business seems rather ugly.

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