[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: 2.1.1 under 10.1 [was Python package maker for OS X Installer.app]

[Jack Jansen]

> I can build 2.1.1 fine under 10.1 (on a UFS partition) using:
> 
> env LDFLAGS='-flat_namespace' OPT='-no-cpp-precomp' \
>      ./configure --with-dyld

Ah, great!

> make
> make test
> sudo make install

Why are so many people using "sudo make install"? This is a really bad idea, I 
think, to install Python owned by root, but a lot of people seem to do this. 
Is there something in the documentation somewhere that suggests this? Another 
reason?
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