From: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 01:50:42 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: dpkg-buildpackage now uses fakeroot automatically. Closes: #750988
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dpkg-buildpackage now uses fakeroot automatically. Closes: #750988
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7c7cea0..790a47f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ developers-reference (3.4.14) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Lucas Nussbaum ]
   * Drop section on goodies, point to wiki instead.
     Closes: #751489, #586186
+  * dpkg-buildpackage now uses fakeroot automatically. Closes: #750988
 
  -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>  Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
 
diff --git a/tools.dbk b/tools.dbk
index 7eeb567..6f51ed4 100644
--- a/tools.dbk
+++ b/tools.dbk
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ but that may change in the future.
 <systemitem role="package">fakeroot</systemitem> simulates root privileges.
 This enables you to build packages without being root (packages usually want to
 install files with root ownership).  If you have <systemitem
-role="package">fakeroot</systemitem> installed, you can build packages as a
-regular user: <literal>dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot</literal>.
+role="package">fakeroot</systemitem> installed,
+<command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> will use it automatically.
 </para>
 </section>