[Bug 1372] Wineinstall and permissions

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372

------- Additional Comments From [e-mail]  2003-28-06 10:43 -------
Bug comments restored from Gmane.org:

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?

------- Additional Comments From [e-mail]  2003-04-06 15:30
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a) Because users use root WAY too often. It's a counter-measure.
b) because wineinstall configures the Wine environment for a *specific* user.
   (a Wine configuration is not "global")
   Thus you need start with this specific user, and when it wants to install the    
   Wine files on your system, you are supposed to provide the root password.
> 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?

Hmm, if it still says that, then it's a bug. A global wine.conf is deprecated.
Yep, it's a bug.
> Finally, why can't wineinstall be incorporated in: make install?

Because make install shouldn't do what wineinstall does. And the other way around.
make install simply installs the compiled Wine files on the system, whereas
wineinstall is a "one size fits all" for lazy users which configures everything
down to the kitchen sink :-)

Confirming, since wineinstall still talks about wine.conf