Re: Can't find /usr/src/linux/..
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 08:27:30AM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 12:31:20AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > fakeroot allows you to easily build .debs (and other kinds of archives)
> > containing files owned by root. There are other uses, but that's the
> > relevant one here. It isn't set-id, so opens no security holes.
>
> That I knew, but why use it in this situation? The installation of a
> new kernel requires root anyway.
Many people feel that merely producing a .deb ought not to require root
privilege.
> I compile kernels as root. Perhaps I am logged in as root longer
> than strictly necessary. Is that the reason fakeroot is recommended?
Yes. I never compile anything as root.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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