build: Remove check for root.

With the new package building system, it is no longer dangerous to run
'configure', 'make' or 'make check' as root (although it is still not
necessary and not advisable).  In any case we don't need to check
this.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 89b5618..5752c62 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,16 +53,6 @@ please see the section "LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS" in guestfs(3).
 ***])
        ])
 
-dnl Die if the user tries to configure as root, see:
-dnl https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-April/msg00098.html
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if you are trying to configure as root])
-AS_IF([test "`id -u`" = 0 ],[
-            AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-            AC_MSG_FAILURE([Don't run './configure' or 'make' as root.])
-      ],[
-            AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-      ])
-
 dnl Early gnulib initialization.
 gl_EARLY
 gl_INIT

diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 4827e27..2b9c49b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -186,14 +186,3 @@ stamp-guestfs.pod: guestfs.pod \
          --insert guestfs-structs.pod:@STRUCTS@ \
          $<
        touch $@
-
-# Check user doesn't try to do 'make all' or 'make check' as root.
-# https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-April/msg00098.html
-
-all-local: checkroot
-check-local: checkroot
-checkroot:
-       @if [ "`id -u`" = 0 ]; then \
-           echo "*** Error: Don't run 'make' or 'make check' as root."; \
-           exit 1; \
-       fi