http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4439
------- Additional Comments From Speeddymon@gmail.com 2006-29-01 21:17 ------- Perhaps we should add a toplevel question asking the user if they have ever used sudo on the machine they are trying to install wine on, and if not, either fail asking them to configure it, or fall back to using su, with a warning that some systems have a non-functional su, and so if wine is not installed, to log out after make'ing and login as root to run make install.. If they have used it before (which would mean that it is configured), then proceed using sudo..
Forwarding to wine-devel for further debate.