Jonathan Nieder 05ba4488a5 scripts/package: add KBUILD_PKG_ROOTCMD variable ...

Let the deb-pkg target acquire (fake) root privileges before
running commands that need them.  Without such privileges,
deb-pkg errors out because chown fails.

The new KBUILD_PKG_ROOTCMD variable, if defined, is used as a
command to run other commands with possibly fake elevated
privileges.  Since this is not needed for the tar-pkg and rpm-pkg
targets, it is only used by deb-pkg.  If it is not defined, the
behavior is as before, and the user will have to rerun make as
root.

In other words, as a shortcut, instead of running 'make oldconfig &&
make && fakeroot -u make deb-pkg', one can use the single command
'make oldconfig deb-pkg KBUILD_PKG_ROOTCMD="fakeroot -u"'.

Suggested-by: Ryan Anderson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <[email protected]>

2009-12-12 13:08:15 +01:00

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