Re: Small [patch] (install_depends) and should I apply it?

[Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li>]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 03:30:49AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 12:19:39PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote:
> > > 
> > > Woah woah woah... do *not* start installing packages -- you have to
> > > assume this is being run as a user, not root.
> > 
> > Why? I thought the idea was that if they could build boot disks then
> > they could get root via $(ROOTCMD)?
> 
> $(ROOTCMD) could be fakeroot.  

I haven't looked at the build process in detail yet, but I believe it
uses mount -o loop which won't work under fakeroot AFAIAA?


Ian