Re: Why use fakeroot when compiling kernel?

[Carel Fellinger <cfelling@iae.nl>]

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 03:03:35PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:35:05PM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote:
> > 
> > Don't know why debians package builder needs to be root, but given that
> > it suffices to fake root, fakeroot is the way to go:)
> 
> because if your not {fake}root all files in that package will end up
> getting installed with owners like joeuser instead of root.  

yep, read it in an other post (of yours?), thanks for clarifying.

<rambling> O how I mis tin's capability to hide/unhide read messages.
Under mutt I simply delete read messages instead of having them fade
away. <\rambling>

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groetjes, carel