+Alan Hicks+ wrote:
>
> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Joost Kremers dared to utter,
>> in fact, with tar's --owner, --group and --mode options, it would be
>> painfully easy to write makepkg that way, at least for packages that do not
>> require special ownership or permissions for certain files. and if you do
>> need them, you could use fakeroot, also mentioned in this thread.
>
> Well, makepkg already has something similar to this for directories,

makepkg can only set ownership to root if it is run as root. (at least, i
searched the script, and didn't find any --owner or --group options to tar
in it.) the discussion was about whether it would be possible to create
packages as non-users. currently, makepkg does not allow you to do that,
but technically it is possible.

whether it would be a good idea to provide that option is a different
matter. i'd say it's about as good an idea as giving makepkg the option to
set all ownership to root: pretty pointless.

> and speaks on why it's not such a great idea.

yes, i know, and that's why i mentioned that fakeroot is also available.

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