INSTALL's `make -n install' Doomed.
Ralph Corderoy <[email protected]>
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Hi,
I've just started installing sn and have a comment on the INSTALL file
of 0.3.4a.
3) Build it. Type "make", then "make -n install" to see where
things will be installed to; "make strip" optionally to strip the
binaries. "make clean" if you want to start over.
4) Create the directories SNROOT and BINDIR, and the fifo:
$ mkdir SNROOT
$ mkdir BINDIR
$ mknod -m 600 SNROOT/.fifo p
Change the ownership of SNROOT and SNROOT/.fifo to the user and
group for which you want sn to run (for instance, news.news).
This is important: the ownership of SNROOT determines sn's
running privileges. Do NOT make the owner root.
The `make -n install' step of 3) fails if SNROOT and BINDIR don't exist,
and I don't create those until 4).
Personally, I'd stop making the install target dependent on the various
directories, i.e.
$ grep install: Makefile
install: all
Cheers,
Ralph.