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#4 Re: fakeroot never worked for me Posted by Steve (82.41.xx.xx) on Wed 18 May 2005 at 11:26 What's wrong with not using fakeroot? Nothing. Ultimately you need to be root on the machine to install the package on it, so it's not a huge win to be able to do the build as a non-root user - you're just buying security in case there's a bug in the make-jpkg tool. The idea of running the least amount of things as root as necessary is just a good habit to be in - which is probably why it's often recommended. As to why your fakeroot build fails - hard to see without seeing what error messages you're getting. If it happens in the future it would be useful if you filed a bug about the problem. Steve -- Steve.org.uk

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