On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 12:50:32AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:46:13 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > 'fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage' runs the build target under fakeroot, > > which is undesirable primarily because Debian 'build' targets are > > required to not depend on root privileges, and running them under > > fakeroot can hide bugs of this nature. > > I also vaguely recall some actions which work as an ordinary > user but fail under fakeroot; due to a difference in behaviour. I no > longer can recall the details, though, so I could be mistaken.
The bzr test suite, for one. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]