On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 12:55:41PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > Since the binary target is invoked as root (be it fakeroot or su or > whatever, it doesn't matter), and the clean rule needs to clean out the > debian/tmp or equivalent directories, it needs root as well.
Nope, if the binary target was invoked as fakeroot, then the clean rule will work fine without any special root powers. > fakeroot dh_testroot works like a charm... Yeah but having to specify it is annoying. Is there *any* reason for putting dh_testroot in the clean rule? It just creates artificial failure conditions. Richard Braakman
