Re: dpkg-buildpackage and fakeroot
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:46:13 -0700, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> said:
> 'fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage' runs the build target under fakeroot,
> which is undesirable primarily because Debian 'build' targets are
> required to not depend on root privileges, and running them under
> fakeroot can hide bugs of this nature.
I also vaguely recall some actions which work as an ordinary
user but fail under fakeroot; due to a difference in behaviour. I no
longer can recall the details, though, so I could be mistaken.
manoj
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