Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 02:19:35PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: >> Hi all > >> Can someone please tell me the difference between > >> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot >> fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage >> fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot > >> Which one should I use for building packages in Debian? > > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot. > > '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. > > 'fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot' is a double-invocation of fakeroot > which may fail altogether. >
Thank you Nico, Thomas and Steve. Your replies answered my questions and helped me a lot. raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]