[Mailman-Developers] [2.1b4] /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib has wrong permissions after make install

Ben Gertzfield che@debian.org
Tue Nov 5 06:31:59 2002


Barry A. Warsaw wrote:

>>>>>>"BG" == Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> writes:
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>    BG> Maybe we can just put a message at the end of make install
>    BG> that says in BIG CAPITAL LETTERS to definitely run
>    BG> bin/check_perms as root.
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>Is it really necessary to do more advertising for check_perms?  It's
>in the README, and FAQ, and all over the mailing list. ;)
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I honestly think your estimation of how many people read the 
documentation is highly overestimated ;)

Could it really hurt to put a note at the end of make install -- 
something like 'You should now run $prefix/bin/check_perms to see if any 
files or directories just installed need permission fixes.'

Ben