FC23 system, re-using an existing build tree, ./configure run with no additional parameters, eventually produces during its "make clean" phase: rm -rf build rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/rndc.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/__init__.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/keyevent.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/keymgr.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/keydict.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/coverage.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/policy.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/utils.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/checkds.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/keyseries.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/parsetab.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/dnskey.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/keyzone.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/test.py': Permission denied rm: cannot remove 'build/lib/isc/eventlist.py': Permission denied Makefile:467: recipe for target 'clean' failed make[2]: *** [clean] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/ray/src/bind9/bin/python' Makefile:96: recipe for target 'clean' failed make[1]: *** [clean] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/ray/src/bind9/bin' Makefile:102: recipe for target 'clean' failed make: *** [clean] Error 1 =============================================================================== Configuration summary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... This seems to result from bin/python/build getting new files created during the "make install" phase, which when run as root creates files owned by root within the build tree.