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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/linux.scm | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index b34e00233d..3c5a750cb7 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -7915,14 +7915,17 @@ the superuser to make device nodes.") ("util-linux" ,util-linux) ("sed" ,sed) ("coreutils" ,coreutils))) - (synopsis "Provides a fake root environment") - (description "@command{fakeroot} runs a command in an environment where -it appears to have root privileges for file manipulation. This is useful -for allowing users to create archives (tar, ar, .deb 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.") + (synopsis "Run commands in an environment with fake root privileges") + (description + "@command{fakeroot} runs a command in an environment where it appears to +have root privileges for file manipulation. This is useful for allowing users +to create archives (@file{tar}, @file{ar}, @file{deb}, etc.) with files in +them with root permissions and/or 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.") (home-page "http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/fakeroot") (license license:gpl3+))) |