Bug 4056

Summary:	could make installed without sgid?
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alexander Holler <holler>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) <azarah>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alexander Holler 2002-06-23 09:25:36 UTC

I would prefer it, if make could be installed without sgid. It seems that the 
only reasoon fffor the sgid bit is ooption -l for which make needs to access 
/dev/kmem. Because I believe that almost nobody ever uses this option, I vote 
for a installation of make without sgid. 
 
First it's allways nice to have one programm more without sgid and second 
checkinstall doesn't work with a sgid make. ;)

Comment 1 Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-01 09:23:48 UTC

AFAIK, make under linux doesn't require the sgid bit because it reads from  
/proc instead. /dev/kmem isn't even owned by group kmem!

Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-07 16:29:34 UTC

Fixed in -r4.