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Debian Sid amd64, building packages for Linux From Sc= ratch

checking whether mknod can create fifo = without root privileges... configure: error: in `/media/usb mount direc= tory/sources/coreutils':
configure: error: you should not= run configure as root (set FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=3D1 in environment to by= pass this check)

then the configure scr= ipt exits.
setting FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE to 1 gives the same res= ult no matter how I set it.
running the script with no sudo or su= -l results in security restrictions which do not allow me to configure eve= n the first step:
./configure: line 4404: config.log: Permissi= on denied
./configure: line 4414: config.log: Permission d= enied

chmod'ing=C2=A0everything in = the directory will not do much since created files are always restricted to= the user, if configure will even create those.
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You should be able to force the check as root with: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure You should be able to avoid the check with: gl_cv_func_mknod_works=yes ./configure cheers, Pádraig From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:16:31 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 11:24:05 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator