From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nigel Kukard Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:32:21 +0000 Subject: [Buildroot] initramfs doesn't need root to create an image In-Reply-To: <87wsnl7bk0.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> References: <1206773941.3224.126.camel@nigel-x60> <20080329140004.GA25949@cloud.net.au> <1206799922.3224.157.camel@nigel-x60> <87myoh8us4.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <1206802610.3224.180.camel@nigel-x60> <87wsnl7bk0.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> Message-ID: <1206808341.19075.1.camel@nigel-x60> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net > Nigel> Does fakeroot keep device-special information if you create > Nigel> devices inside its environment? ie. if you create a /dev/hda > Nigel> inside a fakeroot using mknod, tar it up, exit fakeroot, untar > Nigel> it with admin privs, is it still a device special file? > > Yes, that's the point of fakeroot. A day doesn't pass when I don't learn something new ;) *thinks of ways to use fakeroot* -N -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://busybox.net/lists/buildroot/attachments/20080329/5a3932d0/attachment.pgp