mksquashfs can read uid/gid/file type from fakeroot(1) database #89
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With this patch I can easily pack chroots built in a fakeroot environment
without running mksquashfs under fakeroot. Instead I can use
-fakerootdb .fakedata
to get ownership/permissions/device nodes right.It's possible to convert fakeroot database into mksquashfs' pseudo files
definitions but using the fakeroot database directly is more efficient
(fakeroot uses device/inode number to identify the object) and requires
less code.