Re: need anexample for debian packaging

2008-07-21 Thread Ben Finney
"Reema Shah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In building debian packages,why do you require root privileges and > so we have to use fakeroot..? The manpage for 'fakeroot(1)' gives the answer: fakeroot runs a command in an environment wherein it appears to have root privileges for file mani

Re: need anexample for debian packaging

2008-07-21 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Kartik Mistry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080721 09:25]: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Reema Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In building debian packages,why do you require root privileges and so we > > have to use fakeroot..? > > fakeroot is not necessary now with new dpkg. Reading through t

Re: need anexample for debian packaging

2008-07-21 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Reema Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In building debian packages,why do you require root privileges and so we > have to use fakeroot..? fakeroot is not necessary now with new dpkg. -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Blogs: {ftbfs,kartikm}.w

Re: need anexample for debian packaging

2008-07-20 Thread Reema Shah
In building debian packages,why do you require root privileges and so we have to use fakeroot..?

Re: need anexample for debian packaging

2008-07-18 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Reema Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can u explain debian packaging with a good example please.. Hi, You can start with 'hello' and 'hello-debhelper' packages to start. -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Blogs: {ftbfs,kartikm}.wordpress.com

need anexample for debian packaging

2008-07-18 Thread Reema Shah
Can u explain debian packaging with a good example please..