I've not found it necessary to activate root. I've installed quite a
lot of stuff in /usr/local but found it useful to make /usr/local
belong to me (sudo chown -R <me> /usr/local). With fink, I use sudo &
not found it inconvenient (you can use "sudo -s" to go into admin mode
until further notice), but I suppose there is no reason not to make /
sw belong to you, except that it increases the chances of messing
something up by mistake
Phil
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