On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 02:42:59PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > Tim Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 12:02:19 +0000 > > Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I installed a new kernel as per: > >> > >> http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html.en > >> > >> as non-root. make-kpkg failed, with this error: > >> > >> need root priviledges > >> make: *** [kernel-image-deb] Error 1 > > > > fakeroot make-kpkg .... > > Even better, 'make-kpkg --rootcmd=fakeroot ...' This will only run > the things that need to be run under fakeroot under fakeroot, in > principle.
You can make this the default by putting 'root_cmd := fakeroot' in ~/.kernel-pkg.conf, too. > In reality, under woody, if you're building add-on modules, you still > need 'fakeroot make-kpkg modules-image'; under sid, many, but not all, > of the modules DTRT with --fakeroot. Hm. Lucky I don't build any add-on modules, I suppose. :) -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]