Re: Usage of dpkg under cygwin
On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 05:02 AM, James Michael DuPont wrote:
now : in the cygwin information :
http://cygwin.com/setup.html says :
If you are not creating your package from an installed virtual root,
be sure to check that the file permissions are appropriate.
virtual root == fakeroot
There are other alternatives to fakeroot. The important point is that
the file permission have to correct (OWNED BY ROOT) when the package
gets installed.
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