On 2018-01-25, Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> wrote: > On 2018-01-25 14:53:14 +0000, Curt wrote: >> On 2018-01-25, <to...@tuxteam.de> <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: >> > >> > It seems that you are missing the '386 (or more precisely the '686) >> > executables. Perhaps you need the package dpkg-cross. >> > >> >> If I need binutils-i686-linux-gnu, shouldn't dpkg-buildpackage fail >> >> when checking the build dependencies? >> > >> > I'll leave that question to someone more knowledgeable. >> >> I'm much less so, but I've heard people recommending pbuilder for >> this (chroot). >> >> pbuilder --create --architecture i386 >> pbuilder --build mypackage.dsc > > IMHO, this is overkill, at least in my case. And I don't like to > require root just to build a package. >
Apparently you need root to satisfy the build *dependencies* (which means you need to be root to install a package--but we new that already). However ...most packages do not need root privilege to build, or even refused to build when they are built as root. pbuilder can create a user which is only used inside pbuilder and use that user id when building, and use the fakeroot command when root privilege is required. https://pbuilder.alioth.debian.org/#nonrootchroot Anyhow, nothing is more convincing than success, and if your "lighter" and less "mortal" method is successful, God bless and full speed ahead! -- “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” – Kurt Vonnegut
