Update dpkg-buildpackage documentation to mention fakeroot

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 5a8de36f71841cc9c03b1df5c6ca3f9521a99a66..53b78b0d349fa4c4707df1b3eaebc8310bfb5631 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -10482,10 +10482,10 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
                  the <prgn>PATH</prgn> if necessary, and pass its
                  second and subsequent arguments to the command it
                  calls.  If no <var>root-command</var> is supplied
-                 then <var>dpkg-buildpackage</var> will take no
-                 special action to gain root privilege, so that for
-                 most packages it will have to be invoked as root to
-                 start with.</p>
+                 then <var>dpkg-buildpackage</var> will use
+                 the <prgn>fakeroot</prgn> command, which is sufficient
+                 to build most packages without actually requiring root
+                 privileges.</p>
              </item>
              <tag><tt>-b</tt>, <tt>-B</tt></tag>
              <item>