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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:52:13 +0200
From: Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why is make installed sgid?
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Hello,

--On Donnerstag, Juni 20, 2002 04:56:12 +0200 Karl Trygve Kalleberg 
<karltk@prosalg.no> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Alexander Holler wrote:
>
>> I just want to ask why make is installed sgid.
>
> Good question. Submit a bug report for it.

I've found it. Make needs sgid root to access /dev/kmem to obtain the 
system load for option -l (see tests/README).

But because this seems to be the only reason for the sgid, and I believe 
that almost nobody ever uses this option, I vote for a installation of make 
without sgid.

Regards,

Alexander