2011/1/7 Tim St. Clair <timothysc at gmail.com>: > Is there a way to make all entries in the tar package are owned by > root, vs. build user. On which platform? Linux ? Debian? Fedora? Did you try using "fakeroot" ? -- Erk Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org