Re: [leafnode-list] Feature req in Makefile.in: parametrized

["Brent J. Nordquist" <brent-nordquist@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Can I "resurrect" this idea and ask if it's been considered?  I think it's
a good idea, and will put my money where my mouth is with a patch, if it
would be helpful/acceptable.  Thanks.

On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Giulio Orsero wrote:

> Would it be possible to parametrize the owner and group used in the
> Makefile.in?
> 
> something like:
> BIN_USER = bin
> ROOT_USER = root
> NEWS_USER = news
> NEWS_GROUP = news
> 
> or maybe by binary file
> BIN_USER = news
> DIRS_USER = root
> ..
> 
> $(INSTALL) -c -g $(NEWS_GROUP) -m 750 -o $(NEWS_USER) $(STRIP)
> checkgroups 
> 
> The idea is not to have any hard-coded owner:group in any chown/install,
> this is to be able to re-build srpms as normal users without need to
> patch Makefile.in.
> 
> Thanks.

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