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Bug#134260: package writes to /usr/share during build



On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 08:14:59AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net>
> Subject: Bug#134260: package writes to /usr/share during build
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:52:05 -0600

> > Did you try building the package using fakeroot in a clean chroot?

> Ah, I tried it in a normal Debian system.  Sorry for my
> ignorance.  (It might be trivial but please write "in a
> clean chroot" explicitly in a report for ignorant people
> like me ;-)

> BTW, I don't know what is chroot but I have an impression
> that it is something like a virtual system in a virtual 
> directory structure.  Is this right?

Correct.  Specifically, a chroot is a subdirectory on your system that 
mirrors the directory structure of the root, and you use the chroot() 
system call to change the root directory for your process.  Most
auto-built packages in Debian are built using chroot'ed build
environments.

When I was building, I didn't use a chroot -- but I did use a system 
where tetex-bin was not already installed.  That usually makes the 
difference.

Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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