>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Ian Smit <robian@wanadoo.nl> writes: Robert> Why would one want to use fakeroot? I don't have that package Robert> installed and have not used it for building kernels. fakeroot lets you build packages as non-root. It basically fakes out certain filesystem operations, so that tar, etc. think that they have more permissions than they do. That way, you can create a tar file with, e.g., files owned by root, which is necessary for building .deb packages. -- Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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