On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 at 20:04, Maxime Roussin-Bélanger <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand this. The check is to ensure build process > > works as it should, specifically to prevent build host ownership > > leaking into packages. Yes this information doesn't matter when these > > packages are installed, but it matters for correctness of the build. > > > > Alex > > Maybe I don't get how this check is done because everything in the TMPDIR > is owned by the user running bitbake.
Installation and packaging tasks run under 'pseudo', an abstraction that gives the tasks an illusion of running as root and setting file ownership without restrictions. On build host's disk it's all owned by bitbake user, but actual packages contain the desired ownership for the target package installation. Alex
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