Re: ~/.../emacs/lib-src/blessmail owned by root?

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:36:57 +0200
> From:  Michael Heerdegen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > The file is not in the repository, it is built as part of the Emacs
> > build procedure (see lib-src/Makefile.in) and only if needed, as
> > decided from the system configuration details (see configure.ac).
> 
> Sorry, I didn't want to imply that there is a problem with the
> repository.

I didn't say you did.  I was replying to tomas's message.

> But why is this file put in my build directory but owned by root?

I don't know.  This file is not installed on my system, so I couldn't
compare.  Does lib/src/blessmail in the build tree have the right
ownership and attributes?  If so, you need to look into the
installation procedure and see which command there changes the owner.

> It is
> the only one I ever saw.  It must be related to sudo make install, the
> only sudo'ed command involved.  But it doesn't make sense to install
> files to my home dir where other users don't have access.
> 
> And I as user can't delete the file unless I use administrator
> privileges.
> 
> Don't you find this odd?

It might be a bug of some sort, but then why only this file is owned
by root?  AFAICT, "make install" installs it together with other
files, so I don't understand ATM why only this file got its owner
changed by sudo.