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+# Template file for 'fakeroot'
+pkgname=fakeroot
+version=1.10.1
+distfiles="http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/${pkgname}_${version}@.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Gives a fake root environment"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=67235ca9c6ee3e9d393d5cfa9b93d493f1def3ed1f752c7232bf4d526d14c7cf
+long_desc="
+ This package is intended to enable something like:
+
+  dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
+
+ i.e. to remove the need to become root for a package build. This is done by
+ setting LD_PRELOAD to libfakeroot.so, which provides wrappers around getuid,
+ chown, chmod, mknod, stat, and so on, thereby creating a fake root
+ environment."
+
+build_depends="libtool-2.2.6a"