Re: Usage of dpkg under cygwin

On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 05:02 AM, James Michael DuPont wrote:
>
> now : in the cygwin information :
> http://cygwin.com/setup.html says :
>>> If you are not creating your package from an installed virtual root,
>>> be sure to check that the file permissions are appropriate.

virtual root == fakeroot

There are other alternatives to fakeroot. The important point is that 
the file permission have to correct (OWNED BY ROOT)  when the package 
gets installed.

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