[Zope] Z-2.8.4 Install trouble on RedHat Enterprise 3

[Sam Moore]

On Dec 6, 2005, at 3:02 PM, Dieter Maurer wrote:

> Sam Moore wrote at 2005-12-6 10:41 -0500:
>> ...
>> copying zope/component/tests/__init__.py -> <myhomedirectory>/
>> Zope-2.8.4-final/build-base/python-2.4/build-lib/zope/component/tests
>> error:<myhomedirectory>/Zope-2.8.4-final/build-base/python-2.4/build-
>> lib/zope/component/tests/__init__.py: Operation not permitted
>
> Apparently, copying "zope/component/tests/__init__.py"
> to "<myhomedirectory>/>Zope-2.8.4-final/build-base/python-2.4/build- 
> lib/zope/component/tests/__init__.py"
> fails.

Well no, actually - the file gets copied! i checked.
But make stops at that point.

>
>> Obviously I've substituted <myhomedirectory> for the actual path.
>> This error is what I get if I run make as root - if I run as a user,
>> I get "Permission denied".
>
> Is "<myhomedirectory>" an NFS mount?
> Then, there are probably special restrictions for "root" use.

No, it's local.

>
> Does the (non root) user have write permissions on  
> "<myhomedirectory>"?

yes, it's that user's own directory. I chown'ed everything in it to  
make sure the user was the owner, and got similar results (on a  
different file name, but same scenario).

>
>
> -- 
> Dieter
>