On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:19:38PM -0700, nuno romano wrote: > When we build a binary debian .deb package from debian > sources,for example with the debuild command of the > devscripts package,is there the danger of change in > the file system?For example with rpm there is a > BuildRoot situated in /var/tmp where rpm temporarily > installs all files of the binary package created, > according to their place in the filesystem,previously > to actually create the binary .rpm package,then the > "real" file system is not affected. > What happens with the building of binary .deb packages > from debian sources?The fakeroot package does not seem > to do exactly that(temporary storage before the > assembling of the binary). >
To answer your question, no. It would make debuild next to useless if there was a danger of trashing the file system. It will temporarily install the files under the debian/ directory of the package source. Besides, you should really be using pbuilder for building packages to be deployed. Check out my package customization HOWTO for details: http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr/?page=debcustomize -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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