make; sudo make install leaves files owned by root

[tedhorst]

running:
make
make check
sudo make install

leaves:
./config.tmp
./tmp/dist

owned by root in the build directory.

[thestinger]

It's best to run make install as non-root with DESTDIR and then install that globally - ideally with a package manager, but with cp -a if you must. This issue can be fixed, but the Makefile is a scary beast and this issue will keep coming back. I wouldn't trust it to be run as root, since one typo is enough to wipe the system out.

MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned@a047be8

[tedhorst]

Yes, that would be much safer. Will there be any issues with embedded paths?

[thestinger]

There are embedded runpaths but the ones that will be incorrect with this intermediate step are still incorrect without it. I recommend compiling with ./configure --disable-rpath if you want to install globally, as they're not required unless you're running out of the build directory. A rustc compiled with --disable-rpath will still use runpaths for the binaries it compiles, so it won't break anything.