@@ -6793,6 +6793,36 @@ have to construct the archives directly, without using the archiver.")
(home-page "http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/fakeroot")
(license license:gpl3+)))
+(define-public fakechroot
+ (package
+ (name "fakechroot")
+ (version "2.20.1")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append
+ "https://github.com/dex4er/fakechroot/releases/download/"
+ version "/fakechroot-" version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1aijkd0b45wav25v01qhw8zxwa3pl0nnp9fabmmy1nlx7hr09gas"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ ;; XXX: The tests heavily assume they run on an FHS system so for now
+ ;; skip them.
+ '(#:tests? #f
+ #:configure-flags '("--disable-static")))
+ (synopsis "Emulate @code{chroot} by overriding file system calls")
+ (description
+ "@command{fakechroot} runs a command in an environment were is additional
+possibility to use @code{chroot} command without root privileges. This is
+useful for allowing users to create own chrooted environment with possibility
+to install another packages without need for root privileges.
+
+It works by providing @file{libfakechroot.so}, a shared library meant to be
+set as @code{LD_PRELOAD} to override the C library file system functions.")
+ (home-page "https://github.com/dex4er/fakechroot/")
+ (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
+
(define-public inputattach
(package
(name "inputattach")