>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Ian Smit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Robert> Why would one want to use fakeroot? I don't have that package
Robert> installed and have not used it for building kernels.

fakeroot lets you build packages as non-root.  It basically fakes out
certain filesystem operations, so that tar, etc. think that they have
more permissions than they do.  That way, you can create a tar file
with, e.g., files owned by root, which is necessary for building .deb
packages.

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