wok diff fakeroot/description.txt @ rev 25020

updated openmpi and openmpi-dev (4.0.3 -> 4.1.3)
author Hans-G?nter Theisgen
date Wed May 18 08:05:48 2022 +0100 (2022-05-18)
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     1.4 +Gives a fake root environment, to remove the need to become root for
     1.5 +a package build.
     1.6 +
     1.7 +Fakeroot runs a command in an environment where it appears to have
     1.8 +root privileges for file manipulation.
     1.9 +This is useful for allowing users to create archives (tar, ar,
    1.10 +.deb etc.) with files in them with root permissions or ownership.
    1.11 +Without fakeroot one would have to have root privileges to create the
    1.12 +constituent files of the archives with the correct permissions and
    1.13 +ownership, and then pack them up, or one would have to construct the
    1.14 +archives directly, without using the archiver.