Re: fakeroot status

[Roland McGrath]

> It is either indistinguishable, in which case it doesn't need to
> exist, or it has *some* difference in semantics--any difference
> whatsoever--in which case it should not share the same identity port.

You seem to be talking about some general principle of filesystem
properness.  In the case of a translator like fakeroot, its purpose is
convenient deception and whatever deceits are most convenient are the right
choices.