RE: fakeroot

[Brent Fulgham <brent.fulgham@xpsystems.com>]

> 
> Has anyone managed to compile fakeroot?  I've tried to build it
> (somewhat successfully) but it seems the HURD[1] doesn't implement
> semget (and friends).  So while the build succeeds, fakeroot will not
> run, which puts package-building under the HURD at something of a
> disadvantage.
> 
> jason
> 
> [1] : I'm still ready to believe it's only my build of the HURD that
>       stops fakeroot working correctly.

I'm afraid it's a Hurd issue (or rather, an issue with the design of
fakeroot relying on Linux-specific behavior).  We'll need to modify 
fakeroot for the Hurd, but it's been low priority to date.

I took a quick look at it a while back, but don't recall what the
specific issues were.  Things are probably a bit more stable now with
respect to the Hurd's core libraries and glibc, so it might be time
to take another look.

Thanks,

-Brent