http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1675
Summary: Catch-22 when compiling Wine (./tools/wineinstall) Product: Wine Version: 20030813 Platform: PC OS/Version: other Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P2 Component: wine-loader AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.com ReportedBy: michael.watkins@lmco.com
wineinstall will not run as root. If you run it as a user then during the install wineinstall reports that you need to 'su root' (after scrolling several write permission errors). Even if I 'su root' (where my effective uid should still be the user) it reports that installing wine as root is a bad idea. I am running Redhat v9, using the 20030813 build of wine.