* Re: [gentoo-dev] Why is make installed sgid?
@ 2002-06-20 14:52 99% ` Alexander Holler
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From: Alexander Holler @ 2002-06-20 14:52 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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
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