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Re: Annoyance building python from source

From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Annoyance building python from source
Date	2025-12-31 14:47 -0800
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
> When I build Python from source, the "sudo make install" step
> creates root-owned files in the build directory.  I have not seen
> this while building other open-source packages from source.
>
> Is there a way to avoid this, so no root-owned files are creates
> other than under the target installation directory?
[...]

I received a reply on the python-list mailing list that didn't appear
here.  I can't post to python-list without joining it.

The reply suggested not using "sudo" for "make install".

That could be a workaround, but: 

- I install into a directory owned by root,
- It's easier to use sudo to clean up the generated files, and
- for all the other things I build from source (Python, Ruby, gcc,
  etc.), "sudo make install" doesn't create any root-owned files in
  the source directory; Python's build seems to be unique. 

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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