crochet - why does it (try to) change files in /usr/src?

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 04/30/14 19:53, Sulev-Madis Silber (ketas) wrote:
> On 2014-05-01 05:06, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
>> With both mkimg and makefs in the tree now, there should be almost no
>> need for md devices for image generation anymore.
>> -Nathan
>
> That would only work for devices that don't need FAT filesystems.
>
>
> Also, if you want to build image root-less, you need to figure out how
> to get correct file permissions into your image file. Surely you can get
> those into file, just you can't do it directly on filesystem.
>

makefs knows how to do permissions fine, either from the file itself or 
a manifest, and should be acquiring FAT support from NetBSD shortly. It 
also supports building opposite-endian UFS file systems, which is very 
useful for embedded applications.
-Nathan