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

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 15/10/13 15:21, Andrew Ruder wrote:
> This adds a BR2_ROOTFS_FAKE_ROOT_SCRIPT (similar to
> BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT and BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT). This
> script is called inside the fakeroot which allows the script to change
> permissions, create device nodes, etc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andrew.ruder@elecsyscorp.com>
> ---
>   I am using this script as part of a configuration that creates a bunch
>   of directories that need to have specific ownership.  I can create
>   the directories in a post-build script, but permissions needed to be
>   done in a fakeroot environment.  Didn't see any other way to hook into
>   the fakeroot.

  Hi Andrew,

  At the buildroot developer meeting we decided to drop this patch. For 
your particular use case, there is a better way to do it with 
<pkg>_PERMISSIONS or with the device table. We also discussed other use 
cases, like doing an rsync inside the fakeroot, but these use cases can 
just untar the tarball in a post-image script and work on that. And 
finally, having all these different POST_xxx steps makes things confusing.

  If you still see a reason to add this feature, don't hesitate to tell us.

  Regards,
  Arnout

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