Package fakeroot: Information
Source package: fakeroot
Version: 1.20.2-alt1
Build time: May 11, 2016, 08:26 AM in the task #164500
Category: Development/Other
Report package bugLicense: GPLv3+
Summary: Run a command in an environment faking root privileges for file manipulation
Description:
fakeroot runs a command in an environment were it appears to have root privileges for file manipulation. This is useful for allowing users to createarchives (tar, ar, .rpm etc.) with files in them with root permissions/ownership. Without fakeroot one would have to have root privileges to create the constituent files of the archives with the correct permissions and ownership, and then pack them up, or one would have to construct the archives directly, without using the archiver.
Maintainer: Dmitry V. Levin
Last changed
May 10, 2016 Dmitry V. Levin 1.20.2-alt1
- 1.18.4 -> 1.20.2. - Fixed irrelevant noise with recent changes in glibc. - Added fts64 support.
April 17, 2013 Dmitry V. Levin 1.18.4-alt1
- Updated to 1.18.4.
April 13, 2009 Dmitry V. Levin 1.12.2-alt1
- Updated to 1.12.2.