http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372
Summary: Wineinstall and permissions Product: Wine Version: CVS Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-tools AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.com ReportedBy: ivg2@cornell.edu
Why is it not advisable to run wineinstall as root, when it asks for the password later anyway?
Why does wineinstall further assume the current user has write access to the wine source root? I don't see why I must chown my entire source as a regular user, then su to that user, then install, and be asked for the root password so that wineinstall can install correctly. I keep my sources in /usr/src, and they are owned by root. Perhaps wine should let me install as root if I wish to do so?
Why does wineinstall not allow the installation of a global windows root Why can't it su to root and create one...or allow users to run it as root..
Why am I told to run wineinstall as root to generate a global wine.conf (if I refuse to make a local one), when wineinstall refuses to be ran as root?
Finally, why can't wineinstall be incorporated in: make install?
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