Stupid checkinstall question

[Tim Wunder]

I think I know the answer, but I'll throw this out there...
If I compile a program as a normal user, with the correct environment 
variables (eg for KDE3: QTDIR, KDEDIR and KDEDIRS) when I switch to root 
to run checkinstall, there's no need for me to re-create those env 
variables as root, is there? I'm thinking not, since once the 
./configure is done, the env variables aren't looked at any more. At 
least that's my understanding of the process (which oftentimes proves to 
be wrong ;-( ).

Regards,
Tim