Hi, I understand that using fakeroot can help creating packages with uid 0 in them, and this way it is very easy to port existing package installation procedures (such as ./configure && make install) to debian (all you need for porting is basically run make install with a DEST variable under fakeroot), but wouldn't it be more simple if the files' uids would be stripped from the package somehow when creating the package archive?
Regards, Haggai On 30/12/2007, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > gabik wrote: > > > Ok > > > > I thought from what you wrote: > > > >> Thing is, there is no real reason to be root. No actual root privileges > >> > > are required > > that Debian requires a root without an actual need for that. > > > > This is where I think the flaw is - in erroneously requiring to be a > root. > > > There is no requirement to be root. There is only a requirement to > create files with "root" as owner. > > Please make sure you understand how the example I gave actually work > before suggesting it is erroneous. > > Gabi > > > Shachar > _______________________________________________ > Haifux mailing list > Haifux@haifux.org > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux >
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