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

  • To: George Trojan - NOAA Federal <george.trojan@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [ldm-users] Contemplated change to LDM installation procedure
  • From: Karen Cooper - NOAA Affiliate <karen.cooper@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 17:08:33 -0600
Agree!

On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 4:50 PM George Trojan - NOAA Federal via ldm-users <
ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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