[PATCH] bitbake: only check that /dev/shm is writable on Linux

[PATCH] bitbake: only check that /dev/shm is writable on Linux

[Ross Burton]

Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
---
 bitbake/bin/bitbake |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
index d46c3dd..49efdf1 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ from bb import cookerdata
 __version__ = "1.25.0"
 logger = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
 
-# Python multiprocessing requires /dev/shm
-if not os.access('/dev/shm', os.W_OK | os.X_OK):
+# Python multiprocessing requires /dev/shm on Linux
+if sys.platform.startswith('linux') and not os.access('/dev/shm', os.W_OK | os.X_OK):
     sys.exit("FATAL: /dev/shm does not exist or is not writable")
 
 # Unbuffer stdout to avoid log truncation in the event
-- 
1.7.10.4

Re: [PATCH] bitbake: only check that /dev/shm is writable on Linux

[Trevor Woerner]

On 01/21/15 09:13, Ross Burton wrote:
> -# Python multiprocessing requires /dev/shm
> -if not os.access('/dev/shm', os.W_OK | os.X_OK):
> +# Python multiprocessing requires /dev/shm on Linux
> +if sys.platform.startswith('linux') and not os.access('/dev/shm', os.W_OK | os.X_OK):

Cool! On what other platforms does bitbake work?

Re: [PATCH] bitbake: only check that /dev/shm is writable on Linux

[Burton, Ross]

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On 21 January 2015 at 18:22, Trevor Woerner <twoerner@gmail.com> wrote:

> Cool! On what other platforms does bitbake work?
>

I've been experimenting with OS X.  I'm not sure I'd use the word "work".
Well, bitbake works - but oe-core can't bootstrap the toolchain.

(poky-contrib:ross/darwin)

Ross

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