Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S968679AbWLEUhV (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:37:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S968678AbWLEUhU (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:37:20 -0500 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:46097 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S968676AbWLEUhT (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:37:19 -0500 Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 21:32:52 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "Horst H. von Brand" cc: Jeffrey Hundstad , Marty Leisner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bug-cpio@gnu.org, martin.leisner@xerox.com Subject: Re: ownership/permissions of cpio initrd In-Reply-To: <200612052024.kB5KOY1o023781@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> Message-ID: References: <200612052024.kB5KOY1o023781@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 524 Lines: 18 >> You can also use fakeroot(1). > >I think that is a debianism... not here on Fedora. LKML is (hopefully) distro neutral. That useless line aside, the linux kernel build process supports creating a cpio archive with privileged things (devices) as a normal user. -`J' -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/