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authorKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2009-11-04 15:25:57 -0800
committerKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2009-11-04 15:25:57 -0800
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Don't lie to the user; make install doesn't work without
permissions to the installation directories.
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diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ec6a898b..44dda579 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -460,5 +460,17 @@ TXR_DBG_OPTS := $txr_dbg_opts
#
# Parting message#
#
-printf "Configuration seems to have been successful.\n"
-printf "Now \"make install\".\n"
+cat <<!
+Configuration seems to have been successful. The next
+step is one of these two.
+
+Method 1: if you have permissions to the installation directories:
+ make install
+
+Method 2: if you have to or want to be another user such as root to install:
+ make
+ su <userid>
+ (give password, if asked)
+ make install
+
+!