wok annotate fakeroot/description.txt @ rev 25106

linux-libre: update wget_url
author Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org>
date Wed Jun 22 14:39:56 2022 +0000 (2022-06-22)
parents
children
rev   line source
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.