dh_testroot(1) [debian man page]

DH_TESTROOT(1)							     Debhelper							    DH_TESTROOT(1)

NAME

       dh_testroot - ensure that a package is built as root

SYNOPSIS

       dh_testroot [debhelperoptions]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_testroot simply checks to see if you are root. If not, it exits with an error. Debian packages must be built as root, though you can use
       fakeroot(1)

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

9.20120909							    2011-09-12							    DH_TESTROOT(1)

DH_TESTROOT(1)                                                       Debhelper                                                      DH_TESTROOT(1)

NAME

       dh_testroot - ensure that a package is built with necessary level of root permissions

SYNOPSIS

       dh_testroot [debhelperoptions]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_testroot is used to determine if the package has access to at least the level of root access that it declared it needed via the Rules-
       Requires-Root (R3) field.

       The following is how dh_testroot behaves based on the effective value of the R3 field:

       "binary-targets"
           dh_testroot asserts that it is run as root or under fakeroot(1).

       "no"
           dh_testroot returns successfully.

       Any other value than the above
           dh_testroot asserts that it is either run as root (or under fakeroot(1)) or the builder has provided the DEB_GAIN_ROOT_CMD environment
           variable (e.g. via dpkg-buildpackage -r).

       For backwards compatibility, dh_testroot will consider the absence of the R3 field as if the R3 field was set to "binary-targets".

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

11.1.6ubuntu2                                                       2018-05-10                                                      DH_TESTROOT(1)