[Buildroot] initramfs doesn't need root to create an image

[Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>]

>>>>> "Nigel" == Nigel Kukard <nkukard@lbsd.net> writes:

 >> > Attached a patch which removes the requirement on fakeroot & makedevs
 >> > and prevents files from being created in /dev instead of devices when
 >> > one builds buildroot as a non-priv user.
 >> 
 >> Why? Was there a problem with fakeroot?

 Nigel> Not fakeroot itself, but you cannot create a device if you're
 Nigel> a non-priv user. So ... nothing fails, makedevs generates
 Nigel> lovely zero size files instead of devices & fakeroot appears
 Nigel> to hide the errors.

But that's the point of fakeroot. Applications run from within
fakeroot believes the trickery and sees the (fake) device nodes. I
haven't looked into the initramfs stuff, but why wouldn't that work
there as well?

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard