On 09/05/27 19:11 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones said ... > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 06:20:27PM +0530, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: > > On 09/05/27 11:03 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones said ... > > > Dear mentors, I'm looking for a sponsor for my package 'febootstrap'. > > > > > Are there compelling reasons why one would want to use febootstrap as opposed > > to mach? [1]. > > > > [1] http://packages.debian.org/sid/mach > > The biggest problem with mach is it needs root, eg to run 'apt-get' or > 'yum' or to run %post scripts. > > febootstrap does the right thing - it encapsulates any operations > using fakeroot/fakechroot, so you can use it from ordinary non-root > build scripts. I will review the package and will send in comments (if any) / do an upload. Cheers, Giridhar -- Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://appaji.net/
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