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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index 72d92fd4e3..e0f275edb2 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -6797,6 +6797,36 @@ have to construct the archives directly, without using the archiver.") (home-page "http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/fakeroot") (license license:gpl3+))) +(define-public fakechroot + (package + (name "fakechroot") + (version "2.20.1") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append + "https://github.com/dex4er/fakechroot/releases/download/" + version "/fakechroot-" version ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1aijkd0b45wav25v01qhw8zxwa3pl0nnp9fabmmy1nlx7hr09gas")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (arguments + ;; XXX: The tests heavily assume they run on an FHS system so for now + ;; skip them. + '(#:tests? #f + #:configure-flags '("--disable-static"))) + (synopsis "Emulate @code{chroot} by overriding file system calls") + (description + "@command{fakechroot} runs a command in an environment were is additional +possibility to use @code{chroot} command without root privileges. This is +useful for allowing users to create own chrooted environment with possibility +to install another packages without need for root privileges. + +It works by providing @file{libfakechroot.so}, a shared library meant to be +set as @code{LD_PRELOAD} to override the C library file system functions.") + (home-page "https://github.com/dex4er/fakechroot/") + (license license:lgpl2.1+))) + (define-public inputattach (package (name "inputattach") |