Re: dpkg --build changing permissions (?)
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>
> Le Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 01:21:40PM +0100, Oliver Elphick écrivait:
> > I put commands in debian/rules to fix this, but somehow that isn't reflected
> > in the .deb files.
> >
> > Here's an extract from the build output; commands are in the rules file.
>
> I suppose you're using fakeroot ... you shouldn't anymore, it's badly
> broken with glibc 2.1.
>
> Build your packages with sudo if you can ...
It's not clear to me that this is good advice.
fakeroot seems to have some problems, but it does still work. I think
it's better to use fakeroot when it works (and sudo if fakeroot doesn't
work for a particular package) than to always use sudo.
Sudo is dangerous if there are bugs in the Makefiles - it can hose your
/usr/bin directory, for example.
Jules
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