Bug#923373: devscripts: unshare as root-gaining program
[2019-03-20 16:53] Mattia Rizzolo > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 03:02:00AM +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > > as far as I know, `unshare -r' can provide functionality, equal to > > fakeroot. Please consider making it one of root-gaining option, and > > probably downgrade dependency on fakeroot. > > I'm assuming you are talking about debuild here. > As a matter of fact, debuild doesn't do anything anymore with regards of > the -r option, it just passes it on dpkg-buildpackage. > > What actual issue are you facing? You can pass whatever you want to -r, > as long as the interface provided is the same (which means you may need > to write a wrapper). Hard dependency on `fakeroot' is not warranted, at on Linux, I think. What about * providing wrapper around `unshare' in bin:devscripts * documenting that wrapper in debuild(1) * downgrading fakeroot dependency to recommends * (optional) make debuild use unshare wrapper if fakeroot is not installed. -- Note, that I send and fetch email in batch, once every 24 hours. If matter is urgent, try https://t.me/kaction --
Bug#923373: devscripts: unshare as root-gaining program
Control: tag -1 moreinfo Hi, On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 03:02:00AM +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > as far as I know, `unshare -r' can provide functionality, equal to > fakeroot. Please consider making it one of root-gaining option, and > probably downgrade dependency on fakeroot. I'm assuming you are talking about debuild here. As a matter of fact, debuild doesn't do anything anymore with regards of the -r option, it just passes it on dpkg-buildpackage. What actual issue are you facing? You can pass whatever you want to -r, as long as the interface provided is the same (which means you may need to write a wrapper). -- regards, Mattia Rizzolo GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18 4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540 .''`. more about me: https://mapreri.org : :' : Launchpad user: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri `. `'` Debian QA page: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mattia `- signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#923373: devscripts: unshare as root-gaining program
Package: devscripts Version: 2.19.3 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, as far as I know, `unshare -r' can provide functionality, equal to fakeroot. Please consider making it one of root-gaining option, and probably downgrade dependency on fakeroot. -- Note, that I send and fetch email in batch, once every 24 hours. If matter is urgent, try https://t.me/kaction -- pgpRt8_z0WsEU.pgp Description: PGP signature
