✘buildprep

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Sat Jan 21 06:50:44 UTC 2017


Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>:
> Another issue with buildprep.  On Debian Jessie, it thinks I am not
> root:
> 
> # id
>   uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
> 
> 
> #./buildprep 
>   # Preparing your system for ntpsec source build...
>   # This script presently knows about Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, and SLES.
>   # If you are running something else, such as MacOS or Solaris, please
>   # follow the directions for by-hand installation in INSTALL.
>   #
>   #You must be running as root for your installer to do its thing.

Hm...does Jessie not set $UID?

What would you recommend as a test?
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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