Build error as root on rev. 6611

I guess this is known about but just in case... The recent changes have
brought about the following build error under rev 6611 if being built by
root. I know this is not advised but some people may do this, me included.

checking for mempcpy... (cached) yes
checking for memrchr... yes
checking whether mkdir handles trailing slash... yes
checking whether mkdir handles trailing dot... yes
checking whether mkfifo rejects trailing slashes... yes
checking whether mknod can create fifo without root privileges... configure:
error: in `/storage/ipcop4/trunk/build_i486/ipcop/usr/src/coreutils-8.17':
configure: error: you should not run configure as root (set
FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 in environment to bypass this check)
See `config.log' for more details
make: *** [/storage/ipcop4/trunk/files_i486/01_toolchain/coreutils-8.17]
Error 1

I shall now try and correct this bad proctice of mine and build as a normal
user.

regards,
Brian


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