On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Sometimes I wish `make modules_install` would run the compile stage as well..
> just like `make install` does in autotooled projects.
This is just one more reason to hate autotools. It's shit.
You should *never* compile things as root. It's not just a bad idea in
that it leaves possible root-owned files in your project (which in
turn can make cleanup harder etc), but it is historically also an
actual security issue with the whole temporary file mess in /tmp and
various racy symlink-attacks.
So in general, you should try to teach people that "make install"
should never ever build anything. Because if it does, it's just a
broken code-flow. It may work, it may be convenient, and with proper
tools it _may_ even be secure, but it's still a really bad idea.
Sadly, I seem to be alone in my hatred of automake/configure/etc.
Linus
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