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

[Warner Losh]

On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:12 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org> wrote:

> 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.

We’ve also imported the NetBSD code that generates mtree files rather than setting the actual owner/permissions when installing, and makefs groks how to use those.

Warner


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