[LDM #PMU-379721]: Building LDM as non-root user on OpenSuse 11.3

Harald,

> I do not have root privileges on the machine where I am trying to compile.
> Frankly, I think that one should never need superuser privileges to just
> *compile* any piece of software.

I sympathize with your frustration. I, too, have experienced packages that have 
an inconvenient attribute.

On every system I've ever encountered, the file "/etc/rsyslog.conf" is 
world-readable by default. That it's not indicates that your system 
administrator favors security over productivity (unnecessarily so, in my 
opinion).

Unfortunately, this causes the autoconf(1)-based build mechanism to terminate 
the configure(1) script. Logging must be enabled in order for the LDM system to 
work correctly. If the configure(1) script can't figure-out the logging system, 
then there's no sense in building the LDM.

I believe a workaround for your situation would be to change the "-r" option of 
the test(1) utility to "-f" at line 9807 of the configure(1) script. This 
should allow the script to continue past this point with the correct idea about 
the logging system.

> *Installing* is a different matter.
> 
> Regards,
> Harald

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: PMU-379721
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed