mknetrel: avoid requiring (fake)root permission

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> writes:

>>Is there a reason for mknetrel to require (fake)root permissions?
>
> Yes.  Some packages don't work correctly unless they are installing
> from root.

Ok, but why not use tar to get the permissions right instead of chown?

> I'll check in something which makes sudo and chown a no-op.

Ok, thanks; I'll have a look.

Jan.

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