linux-kernel - Re: [BUG/PATCH] make deb-pkg: optionally use fakeroot

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Date:	Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:15:32 +0200
From:	Matthias Lederhofer <matled@....net>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG/PATCH] make deb-pkg: optionally use fakeroot

Matthias Lederhofer <matled@....net> wrote:
> Problem: deb-pkg needs root privileges or fakeroot but git-diff-index
> does not work correctly with fakeroot.  Perhaps this variable should
> have another name and be added to the other package targets too.

<gitster> So "fakeroot -u" (Use the real ownership of files previously
    unknown to fakeroot instead of pretending they are owned by
    root:root.) would be a good workaround.
<gitster> Eh, not a workaround but probably that is the right thing to do.

This solves the problem, just ignore the patch.
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