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Re: Usage of dpkg under cygwin



--- Paul Baker <pbaker@where2getit.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.

And the standard for cygwin is to run everything as uid=500,
Administrator or root. So where is the problem?

Mike

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http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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