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The target install_main in the Makefile currently runs install -d /usr/local/bin as its first step. However, at some sites that will fail even though the directory exists and is writable. For example:
$ ls -ld /usr/local/bin
drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Feb 12 11:01 /usr/local/bin
$ make install
install: cannot change permissions of ‘/usr/local/bin’: Operation not permitted
A simple solution is to only attempt to create the bin directory if it is missing:
The target install_main in the Makefile currently runs
install -d /usr/local/bin
as its first step. However, at some sites that will fail even though the directory exists and is writable. For example:A simple solution is to only attempt to create the bin directory if it is missing:
P.S. I like your clean Makefile style build system. The
make features
target is a nice touch.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: