On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 14:19 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Hi all > > Can someone please tell me the difference between > > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot dpkg-buildpackage uses fakeroot when being a normal user doesn't suffice.
> fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage dpkg-buildpackage is run 100% in fakeroot. > fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot That's overkill. > Which one should I use for building packages in Debian? If you must use dpkg-buildpackage, I'd say the first. But you should really use a chroot, maybe not for every rebuild, but for every package. pdebuild (from pbuilder) is a useful tool here - it can also use cowdancer's cowbuilder to avoid all the nasty base.tgz unpacking. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
