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Install this package:

emerge -a sys-apps/fakeroot

Package Information

Description:: fakeroot runs a command in an environment where it appears to have root privileges for file manipulation: it intercepts the libc calls that read and change file ownership and permissions, keeping the pretend values in a database instead of touching the real filesystem. That is what lets an unprivileged user build packages whose contents have to be owned by root. This is a temporary mirror of the ::gentoo package. ::gentoo carries 1.33 (2025); fakeroot is developed in Debian, which moved to the 2.x series in July 2026. Remove this package once ::gentoo catches up.
Homepage:: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fakeroot
License:: GPL-3

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords	Slot
2.1.4	8	~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86	0

Metadata

Description

fakeroot runs a command in an environment where it appears to have root privileges for file manipulation: it intercepts the libc calls that read and change file ownership and permissions, keeping the pretend values in a database instead of touching the real filesystem. That is what lets an unprivileged user build packages whose contents have to be owned by root. This is a temporary mirror of the ::gentoo package. ::gentoo carries 1.33 (2025); fakeroot is developed in Debian, which moved to the 2.x series in July 2026. Remove this package once ::gentoo catches up.

Maintainers

Lucas Couto (lucascs@protonmail.com) - Type: person

Upstream

Bugs: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=fakeroot

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>lucascs@protonmail.com</email>
		<name>Lucas Couto</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription lang="en">
		fakeroot runs a command in an environment where it appears to have root
		privileges for file manipulation: it intercepts the libc calls that
		read and change file ownership and permissions, keeping the pretend
		values in a database instead of touching the real filesystem.  That is
		what lets an unprivileged user build packages whose contents have to be
		owned by root.

		This is a temporary mirror of the ::gentoo package.  ::gentoo carries
		1.33 (2025); fakeroot is developed in Debian, which moved to the 2.x
		series in July 2026.  Remove this package once ::gentoo catches up.
	</longdescription>
	<upstream>
		<bugs-to>https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=fakeroot</bugs-to>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Warning] USE flag 'acl' in ebuild 2.1.4 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'debug' in ebuild 2.1.4 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'nls' in ebuild 2.1.4 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 2.1.4 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'fakeroot_2.1.4.orig.tar.xz'
[Error] Repository is missing a repo-name in metadata/layout.conf or profiles/repo_name

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sys-apps/fakeroot | euse -E <flag> -p sys-apps/fakeroot | euse -D <flag> -p sys-apps/fakeroot

Flag	Description	2.1.4
acl	⚠️	✓
debug	Enable DCHECK feature with severity configurable at runtime. Mostly intended for debugging and development, NOT RECOMMENDED for general use. ⚠️	✓
nls	⚠️	✓
test	Build and run the upstream test suite (requires dbus-test-runner) ⚠️	✓

Files

fakeroot-2.1.4-musl.patch

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions

Unmatched Entries

Type	File	Size
DIST	fakeroot_2.1.4.orig.tar.xz	115748 bytes

sys-apps/fakeroot (bentoo)