[Buildroot] [RFC PATCH] fs/common.mk: Add support for fakeroot script

Andrew Ruder andrew.ruder at elecsyscorp.com
Fri Oct 18 20:23:23 UTC 2013


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 04:19:41PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Well, the conventional way would be to have those directories created
> by packages (and they can use the <pkg>_PERMISSIONS mechanism to get
> proper ownership or permissions). Or, if they really don't belong to
> any package, create them in the post build script, and have a device
> table assign the permission and ownership.

I didn't realize the device table functionality could modify arbitrary
file/directory ownerships but looking through the makedevs source code
that DOES appear to be true.  I guess let's just consider this thread as
a question disguised as a poorly spelled patch. :)

Cheers,
Andy




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