[Bug 1372] New: - Wineinstall and permissions

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http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372

           Summary: Wineinstall and permissions
           Product: Wine
           Version: CVS
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-tools
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.com
        ReportedBy: ivg2 at cornell.edu


Why is it not advisable to run wineinstall as root,
when it asks for the password later anyway?

Why does wineinstall further assume the current user has write access
to the wine source root? I don't see why I must chown my entire source
as a regular user, then su to that user, then install, and be asked for
the root password so that wineinstall can install correctly.
I keep my sources in /usr/src, and they are owned by root.
Perhaps wine should let me install as root if I wish to do so?

Why does wineinstall not allow the installation of a global windows root
Why can't it su to root and create one...or allow users to run it as root..

Why am I told to run wineinstall as root to generate a global wine.conf
(if I refuse to make a local one), when wineinstall refuses to be ran as root?

Finally, why can't wineinstall be incorporated in: make install?

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