wok annotate fakeroot/description.txt @ rev 25002

updated nrg2iso (0.4 -> 0.4.1)
author Hans-G?nter Theisgen
date Mon May 16 14:45:30 2022 +0100 (2022-05-16)
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Hans-G?nter@24537 1 Gives a fake root environment, to remove the need to become root for
Hans-G?nter@24537 2 a package build.
Hans-G?nter@24537 3
Hans-G?nter@24537 4 Fakeroot runs a command in an environment where it appears to have
Hans-G?nter@24537 5 root privileges for file manipulation.
Hans-G?nter@24537 6 This is useful for allowing users to create archives (tar, ar,
Hans-G?nter@24537 7 .deb etc.) with files in them with root permissions or ownership.
Hans-G?nter@24537 8 Without fakeroot one would have to have root privileges to create the
Hans-G?nter@24537 9 constituent files of the archives with the correct permissions and
Hans-G?nter@24537 10 ownership, and then pack them up, or one would have to construct the
Hans-G?nter@24537 11 archives directly, without using the archiver.