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Re: install questions


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: install questions
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:18:10 -0700
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According to Justin Buell on 2/12/2009 2:47 PM:
> test -z "/usr/local/bin" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/bin"
>   /usr/bin/install -c 'm4' '/usr/local/bin/m4'
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/m4':
> Permission denied

This question has come up before; it is not a bug in m4.  Your problem is
that you can't install into a root-owned directory unless you have root
permissions:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-m4/2009-01/msg00018.html

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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