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Re: dpkg --build changing permissions (?)



Le Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 06:45:44PM +0100, Jules Bean écrivait:
> 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.

Yes, you're right. In general I try with fakeroot to see if the build goes
well and after that I rebuild with sudo in order to correct permissions
problems ...

Cheers,
-- 
Hertzog Raphaël >> 0C4CABF1 >> http://prope.insa-lyon.fr/~rhertzog/


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