[Bug 750367] New: make install needs superuser privileges

[GStreamer (GNOME Bugzilla)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750367

            Bug ID: 750367
           Summary: make install needs superuser privileges
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git master
                OS: Mac OS
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gstreamer (core)
          Assignee: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: cmertes at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
        QA Contact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---

The most common package manager on Mac OS these days is Homebrew which installs
everything into /usr/local as a normal user. However, a recent change in the
build process will attempt a 

chown root
/usr/local/Cellar/gstreamer/HEAD/libexec/gstreamer-1.0/gst-ptp-helper

during the make install phase which will fail if the process isn't owned by
root already. It will also fail if the superuser isn't called "root" BTW. Yes,
people do this.

Using "sudo" and "0" instead of hoping for the best and "root" would be obvious
solutions for some problems but they won't fix the Homebrew install.

Here's a link to the Homebrew ticket:
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/40353

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