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Re: Xconq 7.3 branch created!
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- Subject: Re: Xconq 7.3 branch created!
- From: Keir Novik <K dot E dot Novik at qmw dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:21:06 +0100 (BST)
On 12 Jun 2000, Roland Roberts wrote:
> Uhm, can't you fix the /var thing via --sharedstatedir or
> --localstatedir; I haven't used those, but I know there are variables
> by that name which should point to the /var hierarchy.
I think it would be useful to have a configure option to turn off all of
the things that require superuser access. How about --private-install,
which sets the default prefix to something like ~/apps, puts the scores
files in there, and disables the chown/chgrp/chmod commands.
- KN