Re: [ldm-users] Contemplated change to LDM installation procedure

  • To: Steven Emmerson <emmerson@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [ldm-users] Contemplated change to LDM installation procedure
  • From: George Trojan - NOAA Federal <george.trojan@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 22:49:42 +0000
That's how I do it. Simpler is better.
+1

George


On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 10:42 PM Steven Emmerson <emmerson@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We're contemplating a change to the installation procedure for the LDM and
> would like to know if and how this will affect you. Currently, if the
> option "--disable-root-actions" isn't specified, the configure(1)-script
> will test to see if the user has root privileges. We're thinking of
> abandoning this in favor of a more simplified installation process in which
> the user would first build and install the LDM as themself and then the
> superuser (i.e., root) would execute the command "make root-actions". This
> last step could be done by the same user via su(1) or sudo(1) or later by a
> systems administrator.
>
> This change would allow the use of GitHub's actions for continuous
> integration testing (why it would is a long story) and is something which
> is greatly desired.
>
> Please let us know if this would negatively affect your LDM installation
> practice in an unacceptable way by posting to this mailing-list.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Emmerson
> Stonie Cooper
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