Building Debian Packages In Scratchbox
Every week I spend half an hour wondering why I can't build Debian packages inside Scratchbox. The error is "you must be root" which is solved with fakeroot, but I'm already running debuild with fakeroot...
That, of course, is the problem. debuild will clean the environment before starting dpkg-buildpackage, which wipes all traces of the Scratchbox magic away, breaking fakeroot. Despite debuild being an essential wrapper around dpkg-buildpackage in the normal Debian world, in a Scratchbox it's a big no no. I really must remember this!
NP: Debut, Björk
