[Bug 1675] New: Catch-22 when compiling Wine (./tools/wineinstall)

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1675

Summary: Catch-22 when compiling Wine (./tools/wineinstall)
           Product: Wine
           Version: 20030813
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-loader
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

wineinstall will not run as root.
If you run it as a user then during the install wineinstall reports that you 
need to 'su root' (after scrolling several write permission errors).
Even if I 'su root' (where my effective uid should still be the user) it 
reports that installing wine as root is a bad idea.
I am running Redhat v9, using the 20030813 build of wine.