libtricks: successor to fakeroot
Finally, there's a new version of 'fakeroot' -- but it's got a new name:
libtricks.
The reason is that libtricks can do too much for just a simple fakeroot.
With libtriks you can:
- specify a VPATH that's not just seen by make,
but by every dynamically linked program.
- Give programs a different view of for example /etc
- check for sucpicious /tmp writes.
- Fake a different UID (root, whatever). This is usefull for
generation of Debian packages (And Digital Unix, Red Hat, ...).
- Make your CD appear writable. (also works for /etc/passwd)
- Use your imagination, to do a lot more.
Another reason you might be interested in the new fakeroot
(libtricks_0.1-1_i386.deb) is that it's now possible to do
"su adm command". This comes naturally by combining the features
of 'VAPTH' and fakeroot.
The current version is somewhat alpha, but it's working reasonably
for me.
Hope to see your comments comming in! (And I hope the /usr/doc/libtricks/README
file isn't too cryptic for anyone but the author).
joosteto@esperanto.nu
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