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

[Yann E. MORIN]

Andrew, All,

On 2013-10-18 15:23 -0500, Andrew Ruder spake thusly:
> 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.

Or you could have had a look at the manual:
    http://buildroot.net/downloads/manual/manual.html#makedev-syntax

The first sentence in this section reads:
    The makedev syntax is used in several places in Buildroot to define
    changes to be made for permissions. [...]

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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