On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Samir M. Nassar wrote:

> So './configure'  and 'make' should not be done as root BUT 'make install' 
> should be.

This is how I compile everything.  I keep all my source tarballs in
/home/lxy/src, and only use root for 'make install'.  That way all the
newly created files are owned by me and if I mess up the configuration I
can blow the directory away as me, not root.  Same goes for kernel
compiles.

-Brian