dave mallery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > trying to make a revised 2.2.20 kernel package. running without > root in /usr/src/linux per the excellent newbiedoc howto: > >>make-kpkg clean > ... blur >>make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image --append_to_version=x01 > > ...snip about 20 minutes of blur > > touch stamp-build > need root priviledges > make: *** [kernel-image-deb] Error 1
Building Debian packages requires a limited ability to change permissions and owners on files. Generally the 'fakeroot' package is used to pretend to do this; 'apt-get install fakeroot', then add '--rootcmd=fakeroot' to your make-kpkg invocation. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
