bad owner on /var/empty: RH6.2 sparc 3.4p1

[Darren Tucker]

Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Andreas Hasenack wrote:
> > Distros will just remove this line again, otherwise they would have to start
> > building packages as root.
> 
> Not if they use fakeroot

The patch referred to was to Makefile.in: 
"+     chown 0 $(DESTDIR)$(PRIVSEP_PATH)"

I don't see how a fake root (ie "make install DESTDIR=/some/dir") as a
vanilla user helps create a root-owned directory.......

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