From nobody Fri May 09 14:13:51 2025 X-Original-To: ports@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Zv9wL5Hxcz5vkh4 for ; Fri, 09 May 2025 14:13:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R11" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Zv9wL1WpFz3Lhx; Fri, 09 May 2025 14:13:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1746800034; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=8G/E48BTPw6XrM5LfQ0yjUmAVsklcf6IdcdTgZP8IGk=; b=fsypxR+MSwwe2ziGj2POlWfg7/j21K42KT1v0CmKN9upGYJrftWC2ikeCAvEcFpwG6UZ45 gY/JTOQ0jScCJS1fX0V2VBDBP1VePWAACARYkvLKMmLDpq7+2aw0TU3IwyYFLpIDCLgPuB qoP7sYZfjR4gybm0SafYWNrs+v/sWGX11ZdGcLNchgc3/C3enpkKgj/MAIM+5ExZcUV7N0 gwD5ylUvuNXM6/aeXzp30e8W4vqsolLoD61P1tEyrNg65Dc4sF47cD/qRHoqEUiG/tWVNB 1R59MOyGNd8qk0lii9caoAILkj38V57zHoIq8Jk9gGC50GL8OJccZLfZWeE14A== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1746800034; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=8G/E48BTPw6XrM5LfQ0yjUmAVsklcf6IdcdTgZP8IGk=; b=b1ib9goGSBdI8CFvwU244RoLkQbNZb9uTKQtiaCWLgkTyYHLnzqss9aGHwMFRMiT8ydtgK r1cd33kWfCETPghZEQarl0daIHl8J/PfBHy1a/zuS9JI00dJDdNAMIAURblXU/VG0dEglG CApsTJlXf/YgFGe/YzT+SnEkcg4vFbEB/FL+UDRVeCgVND7zV0R7mNwrG80/tY2XDJjTsX H/LEn9q6nY7ex7cfCqNGWqrbGqn3vB+ysFlz9ILLZ3s9LnZbsmiGFlRIYZgsyqVJwwyyec LGmc7gE/tn1MhlgLzVv2IXMglH0q8BM7wZYqam9sYVxRg7ti4slEPltDvg3rig== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1746800034; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=SECfo6INBnZ8MjNcJeKBeviAPZGBqsW4mY/J9xCrcn04DbCeSdvvRwoJEuYBfaOBVgvCZI /pUwXXblzeO97///sc2Uwiwg80Q18VC5OBT7tSBMnXayoqwoFdr6J5+B5C2ghiMkmTnG3G 1K+1X29WvnmQIGfCibXa99y07laVTjcnPTcMczkgeZcu9vOn6Ktu08LzG5lEXQ7k49UbEF RCQ58cgUUUq+UHuJY5J2Od65PNUK1BtS/S6A2Qp7iejyV2q8YdAe84SQV1TnDyZQ1w8nIc bR/qbfQ7gQErLZBcjixIkuPFcESmLAsm2Owfq1cP5ZhW1l48oF1QVA2nTf2Oww== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from relay.mat.cc (eqx1.mat.cc [IPv6:2a01:678:2:200::49]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "cow.mat.cc", Issuer "R11" (verified OK)) (Authenticated sender: mat/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4Zv9wK73CFzCDY; Fri, 09 May 2025 14:13:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat@freebsd.org) Received: from mat-Laptop-13-AMD-Ryzen-7040Series (unknown [IPv6:2a01:e0a:836:f670:c5fa:d74c:992d:f906]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by relay.mat.cc (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 38A532067C; Fri, 9 May 2025 16:13:52 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 16:13:51 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold To: "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help me understand "fakeroot" Message-ID: <627ywufpbri2dmmywpjq2zeeqpczsdhorhp53vavrlci3gsza5@wgpaiteuryuh> References: <8D2B75FD-BD31-4CD5-90DD-59C457FF5C53@gushi.org> List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ahc7g25v6dhkpzct" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8D2B75FD-BD31-4CD5-90DD-59C457FF5C53@gushi.org> --ahc7g25v6dhkpzct Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 04:29:26PM -0700, Dan Mahoney (Ports) wrote: > All, >=20 > I=E2=80=99m doing some work on Jared Mauch=E2=80=99s efforts to make Mail= man2 work under Python3 (because mailman3 is=E2=80=A6.a problem child that = I don=E2=80=99t want to talk to)=E2=80=A6. >=20 > And I notice the original port uses something in /usr/ports/Mk/users/fake= root. >=20 > Documentation on what this does is a little thin. Could someone tell me = what cases this is required in, and what it does? All port building is done as an unprivileged user, so fakeroot, basically, is a wrapper that helps run command that expect to be ran as root. For example, if the install process does, say, `chown root /some/file`, as it is running as nobody, it will fail. Now, if the install process is running through fakeroot, that chown will basically be a noop, but it will not fail, and the install process finishes properly. --=20 Mathieu Arnold --ahc7g25v6dhkpzct Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQITBAABCgB9FiEE9XJBpJetWizkEBUef2IOCp6dQb4FAmgeDZ5fFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEY1 NzI0MUE0OTdBRDVBMkNFNDEwMTUxRTdGNjIwRTBBOUU5RDQxQkUACgkQf2IOCp6d Qb6g7gv+KBAyF5PjAoIIAZOzx/0BUq4yGiqKM/ZxwuvqTSzaYw6xW5T5S73ngAKF gtEKWUpcWma66nJf0mhkRAqIU5+qVLJxjmJWQqLSly4QTaYltmEtHlmlQYYN5qhy oA050dDaEBLRAjM133gm8fIVH1li0f6JbCYsXDyphjtG7wgOE+R3mpgq0KjQ9+gb PchRVcVHBgtoP1Ux0imtv7ZFrdwF3l/GrZj0tg04s8s5qcfD3bDvHDvT0MpuTJ0p doz7yAAmDbfa9Gv4H/Bq/OJN2P+TX5MbcDsozVIQYgwyKDshLM6Hs3Unf9yZQnPD 3FKwB8txvgGzdi2rnc3XYSYPYjYCIjRgY8wSIWdmmri2m0IUnnErDB0dVyoDdiN8 nuLiz50dgAmuhi3zfS84bn+Qm8PdCKn2ZU8p/XRydRB1cpmR55Fvsy1YhK4lhaC+ HWbxbkMFjfj35RIAgEN7I30O4VXrDaD2ArwMHMeIOnx6GlzoBCU01zeJpeBp7SIt HRhudRte =hwEJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ahc7g25v6dhkpzct--