Configure Failed need red hat install help

[Cindy Walsh]

Florian Weimer wrote:

> Cindy Walsh <cwalsh@massed.net> writes:
>
> > The .configure failed with the messages:
> >
> >    loading cache ./config.cache
> >    ./configure: /dev/null: Permission denied
> >    ./configure: /dev/null: Permission denied
>
> And:
>
> > ls -l /dev/nu*
> > crw-r--r--   1 root     root       1,   3 May  5  1998 /dev/null
>
> You have to ask your system administrator to make /dev/null
> world-writable.  Otherwise, many programs simply won't work.
>
> --
> Florian Weimer                    Florian.Weimer@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE
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Hi,

I requested that this issue be brought to the attention of a senior
UNIX/Linux administrator. Their response is below. Will this work? If it
will, should this be something to be added to the FAQ for individuals who
encounter the same problem? Can all refs to /dev/null be "parameterized" in
the code so that one change to a global variable modifies all references?

Thanks in advance for your support.