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Could there be a tool built that, once everything is compressed, it modifies the compressed file and programmatically edits the ownerships and permissions. Yes there could. So either you could fake the ownerships before compressing, or change them after. Debian people decided the former is easier.

Could there be a tool built that, once everything is compressed, it modifies the compressed file and programmatically edits the ownerships and permissions? Yes there could. So either you could fake the ownerships before compressing, or change them after. Debian people decided the former is easier.

There could be a trace left of fakeroot. Let's look at the commands in MortenSickel's answer which is pretty nice and deserves an upvote:

There could be a trace left of fakeroot. Let's look at the commands in MortenSickel's answer which is pretty nice and deserves an upvote:

Could there be a tool built that, once everything is compressed, it modifies the compressed file and programmatically edits the ownerships and permissions. Yes you could. So either you could fake the ownerships before compressing, or change them after. Debian people decided the former is easier.

Could there be a tool built that, once everything is compressed, it modifies the compressed file and programmatically edits the ownerships and permissions. Yes there could. So either you could fake the ownerships before compressing, or change them after. Debian people decided the former is easier.